Special Educational Needs: Finance
Commons · Question 12792 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Rosie Duffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities operate a clear system for accessing high needs top up funding, in the context of her Department's High Needs operational guidance.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Jul 2026
Local authorities have flexibility to determine how to allocate high needs funding, including top up funding, in line with their statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014. In doing so, they must take account of the costs that would reasona...