Question follow-through · 27313

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of SEN pupils in Bedfordshire that are expected to leave the Independent school sector in 2024-25.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 29 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 3 Feb 2025
Answer: 7 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of SEN pupils in Bedfordshire that are expected to leave the Independent school sector in 2024-25.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
The department has made no estimate of the number of pupils specifically in Bedfordshire with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who will leave the independent school system in the 2024/25 academic year.As set out in HM Treasury’s tax infor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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