Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100742

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many overseas investors have been involved in the additional needs sector in each year since 2020.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Based on publicly available information, we understand that, of the fifteen private equity funds who own independent special schools (ISS), five are based outside the UK (Jersey, Guernsey, USA, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), together owning 170 units (19%) with ni...

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