Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of special educational needs provision in Leicester East, in the context of data from the Disabled Children's Partnership showing that 3,466 children in the constituency have been identified as having a special educational need or disability.

Improving the quality of provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is a key priority for the department and is at the heart of the SEND reforms.

Ofsted, working jointly with the Care Quality Commission, is responsible for independently inspecting local area SEND arrangements and reporting on how effectively services identify and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND. The department carefully considers inspection findings in its engagement with local areas to drive delivery and develop policy.

Leicester City Council’s SEND provision was inspected in September 2025 and the report was published in November 2025, available at: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50291443.

As a result of this inspection, Leicester has updated its SEND strategic plan to reflect the findings.

As with all local authorities, the department is engaging closely with Leicester on improvement plans to ensure its SEND provision delivers for the children and young people of the city.