Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 103940

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidential basis her Department is using to promote internal SEND units for pupils with specialist needs in mainstream schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould
This government is committed to encouraging schools and local authorities to set up resourced provision and special educational needs (SEN) units to increase capacity in mainstream schools.The department has carried out wide stakeholder engagement and rev...

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