A question on #SpecialEducationalNeeds tabled by Baroness Eaton on 02-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern.

Heading: Special Educational Needs
Question ID: 1807824
UIN: HL7917
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-02
Asking Member ID: 4184
Asking Member display name: Baroness Eaton
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies Spending on special educational needs in England: something has to change, published on 10 December 2024, and in particular its findings on
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Date answered: 2025-06-16
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Answering Member ID: 269
Answering Member display name: Baroness Smith of Malvern
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Answer text: The department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the 2025/26 financial year. Total high needs funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is over £12 billio...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
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