Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with autism in each region attend (a) mainstream schools and (b) specialist provision.

The Department publishes information at regional and local level on pupils with Special Education Needs (SEN) support, a statement or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan with autism spectrum disorder as their primary type of need on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015.

As this is a devolved matter, we are only able to provide information about England. This information is for pupils with autism spectrum disorder listed as their primary type of need. Pupils with autism spectrum disorder as a secondary type of need, or who are not recorded as having SEN support, a statement or EHC plan, will not be included in these figures.