Question follow-through · 95813

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who have been off-rolled by schools and colleges while awaiting Education, Health and Care Plans in England.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
3 Dec 2025
Answer
15 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who have been off-rolled by schools and colleges while awaiting Education, Health and Care Plans in England.

  2. 3 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not hold data on the number of children or young people who have been off-rolled while waiting for an education, health and care plan assessment.This government is clear that off-rolling in any form is unacceptable, and we will continu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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