Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (a) diagnosed with autism and (b) identified as having autistic spectrum disorder as a special educational need (i) are and (ii) have been educated in independent schools in each year since 2010.

The Department does not collect information about the primary type of SEN for children in independent schools, general hospital schools or in the school action category.

Information in the form requested for those with school action plus, in 2014, is not readily available and could be compiled only at a disproportionate cost.