Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95880

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

David Simmonds

Conservative — Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to paragraph 1.28 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, how the Government intends to finance the cost of the estimated £14 billion of local authority SEND deficit

Answer

James Murray

See paragraph 4.94 of Budget 2025: Strong Foundations, Secure Future. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2025-document