Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have an Education Health and Care plan by local authority for the period in which the latest figures are available.

The department collects figures on education, health and care (EHC) plans workload from local authorities annually. This data is published at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. The most recent figures were published on 12 May 2022 and the number of children and young people with an EHC plan by local authority can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/51d6175e-670a-4d52-a023-2b11d363d01b.