Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 41242

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 25 March 2025

Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on local authorities' ability to meet special educational needs because of delays by local authorities in reviewing schools' funding requests for

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

Mainstream schools are funded through the formula set by their local authority. The funding formula is decided by each local authority in consultation with its schools and often uses factors such as low prior attainment and free school meals to give an es...

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