Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the 2022 School Census, how many children (1) who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), or (2) are classified as Children In Need, were placed in unregistered alternative provision for (a) any part of their education, (b) a majority of their education, or (c) all of their education.

The department collects information on pupils in local authority placements who are placed with unregistered providers in the alternative provision census and, since 2022, arrangements made by schools via the schools census.

As of January 2022, there were 35,600 pupils in local authority placements, of which 2,800 were placements in unregistered providers. Data broken down by how many children were placed in these settings for any part of their education, a majority of their education, or all of their education is not available.