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Special Educational Needs: Dewsbury and Batley

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Question for Department for Education

UIN 50755, tabled on 7 May 2025

Question

Iqbal Mohamed
Independent
Dewsbury and Batley
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are on the SEND waiting list in Dewsbury and Batley constituency.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Commons

Answered on

14 May 2025

The department collects information from local authorities on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments carried out and the number of EHC plans issued on a calendar year basis. The latest figures we hold relate to the 2023 calendar year. Information for the 2024 calendar year will be published on 26 June.

The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment, the number of EHC needs assessments and the number of EHC plans issued within the statutory timeframe of 20 weeks from the date of the request for EHC needs assessment is given for Kirklees local authority in the table available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2a676326-624e-4d03-96c7-08dd85738b16.

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