Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76035

Special Educational Needs: Epilepsy

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 6 October 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children (a) with epilepsy and (b) without an individual healthcare plan in Slough.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department does not collect data on pupils who have specific health issues, such as epilepsy, and only collects information where a pupil has a learning need. As such, we do not hold figures on either the number of children with epilepsy, or the propo...

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