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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 96139 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be required to repay accumulated DSG deficits before 2028-29, or whether such deficits will be written off as part of the transition to central gov

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 10 Dec 2025

At Autmn Budget 2025, the government clarified that ambitious Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform plans will be set out early in the new year and that funding for SEND will be managed within the government’s overall departmental spend...