Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 96142

Special Educational Needs: West Midlands

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support, will be provided to West Midlands councils in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 to manage growing SEND costs.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government has announced plans to address deficits through making available the High Needs Stability Grant, which will cover 90% of all local authorities‘ high needs dedicated schools grant (DSG) deficits accumulated to the end of the 2025/26 financia...

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