Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have special educational needs and disability in West Sussex; and how many of those children are supported with formal education, health and care plans.

​The National Statistics release ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2018’ includes numbers of children with special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans.

​The release is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018. Table 15 of the local authority tables includes information on the number of pupils in West Sussex with SEN and EHC plans.