Written question asked by Lewis Cocking (Conservative) on Thursday, 4 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 June 2026. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 June 2026 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Dedicated Schools Grant

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated for the high needs block of dedicated schools grants for each local authority for (a) this year and b) each of the last five years.

Answer

Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations by financial year are available at the following:

2026/27 financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2026-to-2027.
2025/26 financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2025-to-2026.
2024/25 financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025.
2023/24financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2023-to-2024.
2022/23 financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2022-to-2023.
2021/22financial year: https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2021-to-2022.

The total High Needs Block allocation for each local authority can be found in the ‘Allocations_summary’ sheet, in the column ‘High needs block (£s)’.

The allocations for 2026/27 are subject to further updates later this year.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 6884
Session: 2026-27
Subjects: Dedicated schools grant
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Dedicated Schools Grant

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