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Special Educational Needs: Huntingdon

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 116987

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 22 of her Department's consultation document entitled SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First, CP1509, how will (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) early years settings access the Inclusive Mainstream Fund in Huntingdonshire.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Inclusive Mainstream Fund provides £1.6 billion in funding, over three years, to schools, colleges and early years settings to deliver an improved inclusion offer.

The department will soon publish methodology documents to explain how the funding will be distributed for the three phases. The funding will be made available to early years, schools and 16-19 institutions through new grants from 2026/27.

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