Special Educational Needs: Support Services

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 June 2018.

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Photo of Robert Halfon Robert Halfon Chair, Education Committee, Chair, Education Committee, Chair, Education Committee 12:00, 25 June 2018

Every year, 3,285 children with special needs are excluded from our schools—that is roughly 17 a day—and 833 children with special needs are given fixed-term exclusions. Does my hon. Friend recognise that that is a major social injustice? I know that he has his review, but surely the Department’s priority must be to address that.