questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure the uplift for SEND funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 is allocated by local authorities to families assessed as being in the most urgent need; what steps her Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the impact of this funding on (i) children and (ii) families in each local authority; and how she plans to report that evaluation.
answerText: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department is...
heading: Special Educational Needs: Finance