Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs co-ordinators were employed in each financial year since 2009.
The information requested is not available.
In order to ensure that we receive reliable information in future, we have contacted schools in the run up to the November 2015 school workforce census reminding them of their statutory obligations with regard to the appointing of a SEN coordinator. We have highlighted that they must record the identity of the teacher with these responsibilities. We will repeat this message shortly before the census takes place.