Special Educational Needs: West Midlands
Commons · Question 96142 · 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, what additional support, will be provided to West Midlands councils in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28 to manage growing SEND costs.
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...