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Written question asked by Julie Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 26 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 (named day). It was answered by Michelle Donelan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Special Educational Needs: Autism

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children aged five-years old and under with a special educational need arising from autism or autism spectrum disorder had (a) an Education, Health and Care Plan and (b) received SEN support in each English region in each year since 2010.

Answer

The information requested has been provided in the attached table.

The analysis includes all children aged 5 years old and under in state-funded primary and special schools. The information requested is not available for children with Education, Health and Care Plans who are not in school.

Further information can be found in the annual 'Special educational needs in England' statistical releases published at the following link, including national figures by all primary SEN types and age (Table B): https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
291454
Session
2017-19
Attachment
291454_PDF
Subjects
Children Autism Pre-school education Special educational needs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk