Oral Question·Department for Education
“What steps she is taking to provide adequate funding for special educational needs provision.”
Tabled: 25 November 2025Answered: 1 December 2025
Asked by
Clive Jones
Liberal Democrat — Wokingham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
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.