Question follow-through · 90728
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled £740 million allocated for 10,000 new places for pupils with SEND, published on 27 March 2025, what data she holds on how the additional funding was spen
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled £740 million allocated for 10,000 new places for pupils with SEND, published on 27 March 2025, what data she holds on how the additional funding was spen
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The £740 million high needs capital investment in 2025/26 is on track to create around 10,000 new specialist places, in both special and mainstream schools.Local authorities share plans for their HNPCA with the department as part of grant assurance checks...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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