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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 95880

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to paragraph 1.28 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, how the Government intends to finance the cost of the estimated £14 billion of local authority SEND deficit

Answered by James Murray

See paragraph 4.94 of Budget 2025: Strong Foundations, Secure Future. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2025-document

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