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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per pupil was to construct a special educational needs school in the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
2 May 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per pupil was to construct a special educational needs school in the last five years.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    New school buildings are delivered by the department, local authorities, and other bodies.The average cost of building a special educational needs school can be found on pages 25-29 in the national cost benchmarking study published at: https://documents.h...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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