Question follow-through · 102066
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how SEND costs in England will be funded over this Parliament.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2026 · 96 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Special Educational Needs: Primary Education · 28 Aug 2026
- Multi-academy Trusts · 28 Aug 2026
- Special Educational Needs: Staff · 28 Aug 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how SEND costs in England will be funded over this Parliament.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2026
Answer published
Overall, core schools funding (including funding for mainstream schools and high needs funding for young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)) is increasing by £1.7 billion in the 2026/27 financial year, and will total £67...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Special Educational Needs: Primary Education
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled 'Thousands of children with SEND to benefit from assistive tech', published 27 June 2025, if she will confirm the change in EHCPs for children under the age of 8 in
Multi-academy Trusts
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department encourages schools to join Multi-Academy Trusts.
Special Educational Needs: Staff
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the steps the Government are taking to invest in the specialist SEND workforce, including QTVIs and habilitation specialists.