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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Asked by Sir Mel StrideConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112583

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.

Answered by James Murray

This funding relates to money that has already been spent by local authorities. The effect of the decision referred to is to transfer the accounting for that historic spending from local to central government. Any impact will be reflected in the OBR’s upcoming forecast.

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