Local Government Finance: Special Educational Needs
Commons · Question 96140 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government will maintain or reform the “safety valve” and “deliverability” programmes for local authorities following the centralisation of SEND funding; and how councils such as Walsall will be sup
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 17 Mar 2026
The government has announced plans to address deficits through making available the High Needs Stability Grant, which will cover 90% of all local authorities‘ high needs dedicated schools grant (DSG) deficits accumulated to the end of the 2025/26 financia...