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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 96851 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding the cost of SEND provision from RDEL allocations on local authorities.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 12 Dec 2025

The government has set out its position on page 105 of the budget document, confirming that special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pressure will be absorbed within the overall government Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) budget from the fin...