Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 115801

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Tabled: 25 February 2026

Answered: 8 April 2026

Question

Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's estimate of local authorities’ projected SEND deficits in 2028/29 assumes that 6.8% of pupils will have an EHCP in the academic year 2027/8, 7.3% in academic year 2028/9 and 7.7% in aca

Answer

Georgia Gould

The Office for Budget Responsibility, as the independent authority, publishes estimates of future spend.From 2028/29, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spending will be covered by the overall government departmental expenditure limit budge...

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