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Written question asked by Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 27 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 March 2025. It was answered by Nicholas Dakin (Labour) on Thursday, 3 April 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Special Educational Needs: Detention and Training Orders

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27891 on Detention and Training Orders: Children, how many and what proportion of the children identified as having SEND (a) had and (b) did not have (i) an EHC plan and (ii) other special needs support.

Answer

Children’s special educational needs are assessed when entering custody, and are regularly reviewed.

To obtain the information requested, it would be necessary to undertake a detailed review of individual records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41973
Session
2024-26
Related items
Detention and Training Orders: Children
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Children Special educational needs Detention and training orders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk