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Special Educational Needs: Reform

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 50706

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed reforms in the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The special educational needs and disabilities and alternative provision improvement plan was published under the previous government which did not complete a full cost-benefit analysis.

The department continues to develop and test reform proposals, including building on those in the plan, to support this government’s ambition to ensure that all children and young people can access the support they need to achieve and thrive in education and as they transition to adult life.

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