Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether primary schools with pupils who have type 1 diabetes receive additional funding towards the extra adults required to take care of such pupils; and if not, why not.

All school funding is in place to ensure that schools makes provision for all children. This includes an allocation for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Mainstream schools are expected to meet the first £6,000 of special educational need support costs for each child from their budget, which is calculated under a local formula that includes factors that provide extra resources to schools for their pupils with additional needs.

Where a school finds that further support is required, they can ask the local authority to provide top-up funding. It is for the local authority to determine what level of top-up funding is required for each pupil, based on individual needs.