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Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the high needs national funding formula.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the high needs national funding formula.

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The operation of the high needs funding system is currently under review. Our aim is to establish a fair education funding system that directs resources to where they are most needed and enables improved support and outcomes for children and young people ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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