Written questions

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 6219 · 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 assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) fairness of the funding allocation system for special educational needs and disabilities provision.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Oct 2024

The department is taking time to consider the various funding formulae that the department and local authorities use to allocate funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It is important that there is a ...