Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on the inspection of multi-academy trusts' handling of permanent exclusions of pupils with special educational needs.

Trust inspection will consider how trusts drive educational quality, and how they contribute to an inclusive, collaborative system. Officials in the department and Ofsted are working together, and with the sector, to ensure the system works well and delivers the benefit that we expect including addressing the needs of pupils with special educational needs.