Question follow-through · 51193
Special Educational Needs: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SEND support recipients were children of non-UK nationals in the latest year for which data is available.
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
- 9 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
9 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SEND support recipients were children of non-UK nationals in the latest year for which data is available.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
The department does not hold information on the nationality of parents of children with special educational needs.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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