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Special Educational Needs: Per Capita Costs

Commons · Question 96852 · 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 implications for her policies on funding SEND provision of the mainstream school spending per pupil on page 122 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic F

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...