Question follow-through · 58925

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the number of school places for children with special educational needs in (a) mainstream and (b) maintained special schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
19 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the number of school places for children with special educational needs in (a) mainstream and (b) maintained special schools.

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The department knows that many children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) struggle to find a suitable school placement that is close to their home and meets their needs.We want more children and young people to receiv...

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