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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 95033 · Tabled 27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the OBR’s Economic and fiscal outlook November 2025, page 122, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absorption of SEND provision into existing RDEL limits from 2028-29 o

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 20 Apr 2026

To deliver these reforms, the department is putting more money into the education system, with £7 billion more being spent on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support compared to 2025/26. The department’s budgets will increase above previ...