Dedicated Schools Grant
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to cover the remaining local authority share of high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits beyond 2025-26.
Answered by Georgia Gould
The government has set out plans to address deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained and energetic action in accordance with our new system set out in the Schools White Paper.
For deficits that arise in 2026/27 and 2027/28, local authorities can expect that the government will continue to take an appropriate and proportionate approach, though it will not be unlimited. Future support will take into account local authorities' successful delivery of their approved local special educational needs and disabilities reform plan.
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