Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 115801 · 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, whether her Department's estimate of local authorities’ projected SEND deficits in 2028/29 assumes that 6.8% of pupils will have an EHCP in the academic year 2027/8, 7.3% in academic year 2028/9 and 7.7% in aca
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Apr 2026
The Office for Budget Responsibility, as the independent authority, publishes estimates of future spend.From 2028/29, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spending will be covered by the overall government departmental expenditure limit budge...