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Written Question
Special Educational Needs
Monday 20th January 2020

Asked by: Sara Britcliffe (Conservative - Hyndburn)

Question to the Department for Education:

What steps he is taking to support children with special educational needs.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

To help ensure those with special educational needs get the right support we have, for example:

  • provided an extra £780 million high needs funding next year, bringing the total for those with the most complex needs to £7.2 billion; and
  • launched a major review of the SEND system. We will update on progress shortly.
Written Question
Skipton-Colne Railway Line
Tuesday 14th January 2020

Asked by: Sara Britcliffe (Conservative - Hyndburn)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of re-opening the rail link between Skipton and Colne.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

We expect to receive the outputs of the further feasibility work soon, to complement the initial Strategic Outline Business Case completed in December 2018. These will inform the Government’s decision as to whether a reinstatement scheme should progress to the ‘develop’ stage of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.

This is part of our new approach to rail enhancements to ensure we address the needs of passengers and freight, and that funding commitments appropriately reflect the stage of development of schemes.