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Special Educational Needs: Costs

Asked by Esther McVeyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 110369

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether comparisons of the cost of maintained and independent special school placements take account of differences in (a) pupil needs, (b) placement complexity, and (c) length of placement.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Comparisons of the average cost of placements in different types of special school can be made at national level. The data collected on relevant local and central government expenditure is not differentiated on the basis of pupil needs, placement complexity or length of placement.

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