Question follow-through · 84627
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receiving education in state funded special schools were born abroad.
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
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receiving education in state funded special schools were born abroad.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2025
Answer published
The requested information is not held by the department.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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