Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Local SEND Reform Plan submitted by Lancashire County Council and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

The Local Area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reform plan for the Lancashire Local Area Partnership was approved by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and confirmed in the Written Ministerial Statement made on 29 October 2026, available at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-10-29/hcws431.