Question follow-through · 89181
Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on SEND tribunal appeals in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on SEND tribunal appeals in the last 12 months.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The department paid His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service £13.471 million in 2024/25 to cover the operational costs of the SEND Tribunal, including administration, estates and salaries, for special educational needs appeals for children and young peop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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