Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 80195

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Adam Dance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the need to collect data on special (a) the number of special school places and (b) the waiting lists for such places in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset and (iii) England.

Answer

Georgia Gould

For the first time in 2023, the School Capacity Survey (SCAP) asked local authorities to provide data on the capacity of special schools and the capacity of special educational needs units and resourced provision in mainstream schools.The department now h...

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