Question follow-through · 100031
Schools: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent, and (b) non-maintained special schools have been established in each year since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 22 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
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent, and (b) non-maintained special schools have been established in each year since 2020.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The register of schools is publicly available as part of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) website, which is available at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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