Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 92985

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken research on the main causal factors of trends in the number of young children presenting with special needs.

Answer

Georgia Gould
International evidence indicates that the number of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is also increasing in comparable countries. Although definitions and systems vary considerably, the key drivers include im...

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