Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students have been identified as requiring Special Education school provision outside mainstream schools in Derbyshire; and how many such children attend specialist schools.

The department does not hold the data requested. The department does publish data online in relation to special educational needs (SEN), including:

• Data on the number of children in schools with SEN, including those with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan or SEN support is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england. This data can be broken down by the type of establishment at which the pupil attends
• Data on all children and young people with an EHC plan, including those with provision outside of schools is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans

The local authority can provide further information on children with SEN in Derbyshire.