Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 95723

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who have an unmet SEND need in England.

Answer

Georgia Gould

The requested information is not held by the department.The department publishes information on the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs as at January each year. The latest information available indicates that 19.5% of pupils hav...

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