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Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 June 2026UIN 3937

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 May 2026 to question 747 on Special Educational Needs: Huntingdon, from which date is the 2026/27 funding for Experts at Hand available to local authorities in Cambridgeshire.

Answered by Georgia Gould

On 15 April 2026, the department announced the Experts at Hand and Local Authority Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Transformation Fund. This grant will be paid to local authorities, including in Cambridgeshire, in one annual instalment, at the end of June 2026.

More information on the distribution methodology, permitted use of funding as well as indicative allocations for local authorities can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/experts-at-hand-local-authority-send-transformation-fund/experts-at-hand-local-authority-send-transformation-fund-funding-for-local-authorities-2026-to-2027.

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