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Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 181841

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 19 April 2023
Answered: 2 May 2023

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour — Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure schools and local authorities receive adequate funding for delivering outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

Answer

Claire Coutinho

The department is committed to ensuring that children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) receive the support they need to realise their potential.

Overall schools’ funding increased by £4 billion in 2022/23 compared to the previous year and will rise by a further £3.5 billion in 2023/24. The total high needs funding for 2023/24 amounts to £10.1 billion, an increase of over 50% since 2019/20, supporting children and young people with complex SEND. Every local authority in England will see a minimum per-head increase of 9.8% in their total high needs allocations in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23.