Thangam Debbonaire – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Government decided to reduce the allocation of top-up funding for provision for children with special needs.

Mr Sam Gyimah

We have not reduced the allocation of top-up funding for children with special educational needs (SEN). We announced in December that we would provide an additional £92.5 million nationally for high needs in 2016-17. Bristol City Council’s share of this additional funding is £750,000.

It is for local authorities to determine how best to use their high needs allocation, after consultation with local providers.