Gavin Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Williamson on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much special educational needs funding per head his Department allocated to pupils in (a) Staffordshire, (b) Birmingham, (c) Wolverhampton and (d) the UK in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.

Mr David Laws

Funding for special educational needs (SEN) in England is not allocated as a separate amount per pupil. SEN funding is part of the overall Dedicated Schools Grant allocated to each local authority to fund their schools budget. It is for local authorities, in consultation with their schools forums, to determine the individual allocation to schools.