Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 96140

Local Government Finance: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 2 December 2025

Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government will maintain or reform the “safety valve” and “deliverability” programmes for local authorities following the centralisation of SEND funding; and how councils such as Walsall will be sup

Answer

Georgia Gould

The government has announced plans to address deficits through making available the High Needs Stability Grant, which will cover 90% of all local authorities‘ high needs dedicated schools grant (DSG) deficits accumulated to the end of the 2025/26 financia...

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