Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 62262

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the SEND Deficit Override until 2028 on (a) local authority finances and (b) local authority reserves.

Answer

Jim McMahon

This government recognises the pressures local authorities are facing because of their Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits, as well as the impacts on local authority reserves. The extension to the DSG Statutory Override is part of a phased transition to...

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