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Special Educational Needs: Business and Charities

Commons · Question 68084 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 1 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) businesses and (b) charities that provide activities for children with SEND.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 1 Aug 2025

The department provides funding to deliver £24 million worth of grants each year to provide support to low-income families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. We have also funded innovative grants that promote best practice for de...

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