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Special Educational Needs: First-tier Tribunal

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 37422

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has provided to local authorities for Special Educational Needs and Disability First-tier Tribunal hearings in the past 12 months.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The department does not fund local authorities to cover the costs associated with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) first-tier tribunal hearings. Local authorities fund their legal costs from their operational budgets.

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