Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 62262 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Layla Moran
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the SEND Deficit Override until 2028 on (a) local authority finances and (b) local authority reserves.
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 2 Jul 2025
This government recognises the pressures local authorities are facing because of their Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits, as well as the impacts on local authority reserves. The extension to the DSG Statutory Override is part of a phased transition to...