Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 58873

Special Educational Needs: South East

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential use of disused school buildings to increase SEND specialist school capacity in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with capital funding to sup...

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