Special Educational Needs

(asked on 6th December 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Special Education Need units and (b) Specialist Resource Provisions there were in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
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Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 11th December 2018

The information regarding 2008 to 2016 is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The attached table shows the numbers of special educational needs (SEN) units and specialist resource provisions in state funded primary and secondary schools by region for 2017 and 2018.

The department collects data on SEN from schools in England only. Education statistics for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are available from the relevant departments.

National level figures for England from 2014 to 2018 are available in the national statistics publication ‘SEN in England: January 2018’ available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018.

The Children and Families Act (2014) requires local authorities to work with parents, young people and providers to keep the provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities under review, including its sufficiency.

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