Question follow-through · 16101
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding and capacity in mainstream schools for children and young people with SEND; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mainstream schools have
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jul 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding and capacity in mainstream schools for children and young people with SEND; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mainstream schools have
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jul 2026
Answer published
Mainstream school funding is increasing by 2.6% per pupil in the 2026/27 financial year compared to 2025/26. On top of this increase, mainstream schools will be receiving an additional £522 million to support them with overall costs, including the costs o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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