Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 22672

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025

Question

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)Leigh and Atherton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to mandate local authorities to collect information on special educational needs disaggregated by primary need.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Information on the primary and secondary need of pupils in school with both an education, health and care (EHC) plan and who have special educational needs (SEN) support is collected via the school census. The school census is a statutory return and colle...

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