Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps his Department is taking to tackle the recent increase in fly tipping.”
Tabled: 21 April 2022Answered: 28 April 2022
Asked by
Jamie Stone
Liberal Democrat — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for School Standards (Georgia Gould)
We are committed to investing in improving the SEND system, and, as I said a moment ago, we have invested an extra £1 billion in the high needs block and £740 million in specialist places. The core schools budget for 2026-27 will total £67 billion, an increase from £65.3 million in 2025-26. That additional funding will provide an above-real-terms per-pupil increase in overall schools funding, which will take per-pupil funding to its highest ever level and help us to transform the SEND system.