Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96139

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, whether local authorities will be required to repay accumulated DSG deficits before 2028-29, or whether such deficits will be written off as part of the transition to central gov

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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