Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 37422
Special Educational Needs: First-tier Tribunal
Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025
Question
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Labour — Suffolk Coastal
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has provided to local authorities for Special Educational Needs and Disability First-tier Tribunal hearings in the past 12 months.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe department does not fund local authorities to cover the costs associated with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) first-tier tribunal hearings. Local authorities fund their legal costs from their operational budgets.