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Special Educational Needs

Asked by Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 72062

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of requests for an EHCP assessment which are not decided within the 6 week deadline are subsequently approved in (a) each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester and (b) England.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The total number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment which were not decided within six weeks can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans/2025. This has been available since 26 June 2025.

A further breakdown of these figures showing the outcomes of requests for an EHC needs assessment, which were not decided within six weeks, is shown in the attached table.

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