Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the national rollout of digital education, health and care plans.

The government will publish a White Paper in the autumn setting out plans for reforming the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, including any changes to education, health and care plans.

More broadly the department is looking at the role new technology can play in helping improve outcomes and experiences for children and young people with SEND and their families. For example, we recently launched an assistive technology lending libraries pilot to allow up to 4,000 mainstream schools in participating areas to borrow and trial technology on a temporary basis. Combined with other SEND reforms, lending libraries have the potential to improve early intervention and enable more children and young people with SEND to achieve and thrive in a mainstream setting.