Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans have been provided to children in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham in 2017.

The number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan in 2017 for England, by region and by local authority, is available in table 3 on the Department’s website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017.

The data is collected for England only.