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Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the OBR’s Economic and fiscal outlook November 2025, page 122, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absorption of SEND provision into existing RDEL limits from 2028-29 o
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 144 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the OBR’s Economic and fiscal outlook November 2025, page 122, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absorption of SEND provision into existing RDEL limits from 2028-29 o
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
To deliver these reforms, the department is putting more money into the education system, with £7 billion more being spent on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support compared to 2025/26. The department’s budgets will increase above previ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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