Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 6218 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle financial pressures on local authorities resulting from SEND expenditure.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Oct 2024
The department recognises that many local authorities are facing challenges in managing their high needs budgets, which has impacted their ability to balance their Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) funding. This government’s ambition is that all children and ...