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Written question asked by Lord Judd (Labour) on Monday, 11 April 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 April 2016. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 April 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Special Educational Needs: Finance

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ring-fence special education funding within their new national funding formula.

Answer

We are currently consulting on arrangements for new national formulae for schools and high needs funding (funding to provide high cost support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities). Both funding streams, along with early years funding, make up the dedicated schools grant (DSG), which is ring-fenced so that local authorities can only spend it on specified elements of education. The DSG will continue to be ring-fenced when the national funding formulae are in place. We have also protected the schools and high needs budgets in this Parliament. This year we are adding £92.5 million to local authorities’ 2016-17 high needs allocations.

At the Budget we also announced that we will provide £500 million over the Spending Review period, on top of per pupil protection, to speed up implementation of the national funding formula for schools and get extra funding quicker to those schools that need it most.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7434
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Finance Special educational needs
Link
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