Special Educational Needs: Finance

(asked on 18th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have requested permission to transfer more than 0.5 per cent out of the schools block to pay for high-needs SEND provision outside mainstream schools.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 21st February 2019

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has received requests from 21 local authorities to transfer more than 0.5% out of the schools block to another block within the dedicated schools grant. He cannot advise as to whether the funding transferred is to be spent on mainstream or non-mainstream provision as that information is not held centrally.

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