Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121473

Further Education: Finance

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 25 March 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the consistency of local authorities’ approaches to allocating high needs element three funding to further education colleges; and whether her Departme

Answer

Georgia Gould

Where a child or young person with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) has an education, health and care (EHC) plan, the local authority must secure the special educational provision specified in the plan. The allocation of top-up funding to ...

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