Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 97315
Special Educational Needs: Finance
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the total cost to the public purse of the decision to extend the statutory override for the cost of SEND to 2027-28.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe statutory override is an accounting measure, designed to keep Dedicated Schools Grant deficits separate from local authorities’ wider financial position. The extension of the override to the end of the 2027/28 financial year does not affect local auth...
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