Question follow-through · 105002
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's written statement entitled Investment in high needs place of 15 December 2025, what evidential basis her department is using to promote internal alternative provision for pupi
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's written statement entitled Investment in high needs place of 15 December 2025, what evidential basis her department is using to promote internal alternative provision for pupi
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department has announced at least £3 billion for high needs capital between 2026/27 and 2029/30, which is intended to create facilities within mainstream schools that can deliver more flexible support adapted to suit the pupils’ needs, alongside expan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, what meetings her Department held with the mainstream free school projects prior to their cancellation.
Nurseries: Safety
13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of safeguarding in nursery settings.
Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, what meetings were held with the 18 local authorities that had successful bids for a (a) special and (b)
Special Educational Needs: Capital Investment
14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, how much each local authority will receive from the £3 billion investment in SEND school places.
Special Educational Needs
15 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidential basis her department is using to promote resource bases for pupils with specialist needs in mainstream schools.
Free Schools: Closures
15 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2025 on Investment in high needs place, HCWS1163, which (a) Members of Parliament and (b) local authorities met departmental officials to discuss the statu
Young Offender Institutions: Education
1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the Children's Commissioner entitled 'The educational journeys of children in secure settings', if she will name the six settings which had been the most recent registered settin