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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 66527 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 18 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Graham Stuart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of potential impact of local authority funding for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision on outcomes for children with SEND; and whether her Department hol

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 18 Jul 2025

The department publishes a High Needs Benchmarking Tool, which offers comparative data on local authorities’ high needs spending and related special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) indicators across local authorities. This tool may assist in und...