Question follow-through · 47214
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure adequate funding for SEND in devolved nations.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure adequate funding for SEND in devolved nations.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
Funding for special educational needs is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. It is for the Department of Education to ensure special educational needs are adequately funded in Northern Ireland.As set out in the recent Spending Review, this Governm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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