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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    This funding relates to money that has already been spent by local authorities. The effect of the decision referred to is to transfer the accounting for that historic spending from local to central government. Any impact will be reflected in the OBR’s upc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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