Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland on the adequacy of funding for SEND in schools in Northern Ireland.

As education is a devolved matter, the Department of Education in Northern Ireland is responsible for its education policies, including funding for Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) in schools.

The department engages with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland at ministerial and official level on a range of areas, though, to date, this has not included a ministerial discussion on the adequacy of funding for SEND in schools in Northern Ireland.