Local Government Finance
Commons · Question 96476 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the removal of the statutory override on local authority budgets by the end of the 2027-28 financial year.
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...