Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 4493

Local Government Finance

Tabled: 5 September 2024

Answered: 12 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding of the (a) High Needs Block of the Dedicated Schools Grant and (b) servicing of the debt incurred by local authorities.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The government is acutely aware not only of the financial pressures that local authorities are facing because of the increasing cost of supporting young people with complex needs, but also the pressures that the government as a whole is facing because of ...

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