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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to mandate local authorities to collect information on special educational needs disaggregated by primary need.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to mandate local authorities to collect information on special educational needs disaggregated by primary need.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the primary and secondary need of pupils in school with both an education, health and care (EHC) plan and who have special educational needs (SEN) support is collected via the school census. The school census is a statutory return and colle...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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