Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to correspondence from the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing to the hon. Member for St Albans dated 21 February 2023, on what date her Department received a letter from Hertfordshire County Council on special educational needs and disabilities funding in Hertfordshire; and if she will meet with the hon. Member for St Albans to discuss that matter.

Following on from my initial reply to the hon. Member for St Albans, received on 21 February, I will be sending a further response, copied to other hon. Members representing Hertfordshire constituencies. This will address the matters raised in the letter from Hertfordshire County Council’s Director of Inclusion and Skills dated 7 December 2022, which the hon. Member passed on to me.

As arranged, I look forward to meeting the hon. Member for St Albans on Wednesday 19 April 2023.