Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85055
Special Educational Needs: Finance
Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
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 GouldThe 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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