Question follow-through · 28096
Special Educational Needs: Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special school places exist in Derbyshire; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of this number.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special school places exist in Derbyshire; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of this number.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
In 2023, the department collected data from local authorities on available capacity in special schools, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) units and resourced provision for the first time. The capacity data tells us approximately how many p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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GCE A-level
6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18-year-olds have taken (a) three or (b) more A-levels in (i) Bolsover constituency, (ii) Derbyshire and (iii) England in each of the last five academic years.
GCSE
6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of key stage four students who completed their GCSEs went on to each destination in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the last five academic years for which da
GCE A-level: Derbyshire
11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of 18 year olds achieving three or more A level passes in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) its neighbouring constituencies.
School Rebuilding Programme: Bolsover
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Bolsover constituency will receive funding from the school rebuilding programme.
Childcare: Tax Allowances
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of of free childcare hours for disadvantaged two-year-olds were taken up in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the past three years.
Childcare: Tax Allowances
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible working parents with children aged from nine months have accessed 15 hours of free childcare per week in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) England since September 2024.
Childcare: Tax Allowances
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with three and four-year-olds from (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in each of the last three years.
The Brigg Infant School: Repairs and Maintenance
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on securing funding for repair and maintenance works on the early years building at The Brigg Infant School in South Normanton.
Special Educational Needs: Bolsover
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Derbyshire County Council on the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Bolsover constituency.
Special Educational Needs: Bolsover
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to question 98962, what discussions he has had with Derbyshire County Council in the time taken to issue education, health and care plans, since an improvement notice for its SEND services was issued i
Department for Education: Written Questions
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she intends to publish an answer to Question 105314, tabled on 13 January 2026.