Question follow-through · 51916

Special Educational Needs: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of school places for children with SEND in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of school places for children with SEND in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    The department has now published allocations for £740 million in high needs provision capital allocations for the 2025/26 financial year. The funding can be used to adapt schools to be more accessible for children with special educational needs and disabi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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