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Employment Tribunals Service: Suffolk

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 37423

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the potential cost to the public purse was of funding from her Department to Suffolk County Council to help pay for Tribunal fees for each year between 2019-2023.

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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