Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 2928

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Rebecca Long Bailey

LabourSalford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure increased funding for (a) SEN schools and (b) increasing existing SEN support in mainstream schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department recognises the financial pressures on local authorities due to rising costs in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. The Core Schools Budget Grant will provide over £140 million in additional funding for special and ...

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