Written questions

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Commons · Question 12497 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7596 on Special Educational Needs, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school were then registered at special schools by (a)

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 11 Nov 2024

The department does not centrally hold statistics showing how many children who had been excluded from school were then registered at special schools. However, there are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education...