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Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 12063 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.8 of the Autumn Budget 2024, how she plans to allocate the additional (a) SEND and (b) Alternative Provision funding.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 7 Nov 2024

The high needs national funding formula (NFF) will be used to allocate high needs funding to local authorities for the 2025/26 financial year. The department is taking more time to consider what changes to the NFF are needed, both to make sure that we est...