Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 115800 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total historic SEND deficits accrued in local authorities in England up to the end of (a) 2024/5 and (b) 2025/6; and what estimate she has made of the level of funding that wil
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Apr 2026
We have set out plans to address Dedicated Schools Grant deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit as at 31 March 2026, once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained and...