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Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 45 Crossbench Aye votes vs 8 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 249 Noes - 219
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 52 Crossbench Aye votes vs 16 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 263 Noes - 233
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 66 Crossbench Aye votes vs 11 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 226
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 45 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 209
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 71 Crossbench Aye votes vs 10 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 230
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 16 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 228
Division Vote (Lords)
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Warner (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 50 Crossbench Aye votes vs 5 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 251 Noes - 214
Written Question
Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
Monday 11th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs schools were rated by Ofsted as (1) outstanding, (2) good, (3) requires improvement, and (4) inadequate, at the end of 2023; and how many private equity owned schools were in each of those categories.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.

The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.

Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.

The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.


Written Question
Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
Monday 11th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs school were owned by private equity companies for the most recent date for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.

The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.

Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.

The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.


Written Question
Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
Monday 11th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market for residential special educational needs schools; what assessment they have made of whether competition in that sector is reducing; and what discussions they have had with the Competition and Markets Authority concerning investigations into that sector.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.

The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.

Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.

The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.