Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 222675 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, if he will publish the 21 local authorities that (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully requested permission to transfer more than 0.5 per cent out of the schools block to pay for high-needs SEND provision.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has received requests to transfer more than 0.5% out of the schools block to another block within the dedicated schools grant from the following 21 local authorities, and they have been approved as advised.