Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 97968 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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 SEND provision from within her Department’s existing RDEL core budget of £69 billion in 2028-29 on provision of existing Educational resources.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 12 Jan 2026
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...