Question follow-through · 2866

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to councils to help SEND pupils.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to councils to help SEND pupils.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The department recognises the financial pressures on local authorities due to rising costs in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. The Core Schools Budget Grant will provide over £140 million in additional funding for special and ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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