Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96138

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the OBR’s conclusion that cumulative local authority SEND deficits may reach £14 billion by 2027-28, and what implications this has for the financi

Answer

Alison McGovern
At Autmn Budget 2025, the government clarified that ambitious Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform plans will be set out early in the new year and that funding for SEND will be managed within the government’s overall departmental spend...

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