Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 69908

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Mims Davies

ConservativeEast Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help reduce regional differences in SEND funding.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The government is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year. This brings total high needs funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to over £12 bi...

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