Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 2928
Special Educational Needs: Finance
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Question
Rebecca Long Bailey
Labour — Salford
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 McKinnellThe 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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