Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85055

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to local authorities to meet the ongoing costs of SEND provision until the announcement of reforms in 2026.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department has allocated high needs funding of over £12 billion to help with the ongoing costs of supporting children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the 2025/26 financial year.The funding announced a...

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