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Schools: Special Educational Needs

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 112039

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her proposed timetable is for publishing her Department's white paper related to Schools and SEND.

Answered by Georgia Gould

On 23 February, we published two major documents: the ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper and the SEND Consultation Document. Together, these set out our plans to build an education system that will ensure that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) get the right support at every stage of their education.

We are consulting on the reforms in the publication, and you can access the consultation here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/send-strategy-division/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-firs/.

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