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Special Educational Needs: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the numbers of parents using private education due to issues with accessing [i] SEND provision and [ii] EHCPs.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Feb 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the numbers of parents using private education due to issues with accessing [i] SEND provision and [ii] EHCPs.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    His Majesty’s Treasury published a tax information and impact note on applying VAT to independent school fees.The department has announced allocations for at least £3 billion in high needs capital between 2026/27 and 2029/30 to support children and young ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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