Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice to use identity-first language.

The department will consult in due course on updating the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice. This is part of the package of measures to reform the SEND system, following the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, and before putting it to Parliament for approval. This will be an opportunity to gather views on all aspects of the wording of the Code.