Content

Freedom of Information Request

High needs budget

Received: 12 April 2024

1. What is the name of your local authority?2. How much was spent on your high needs budget by the end of the financial year 2023/24? Please add the value below 3. What was your original allocated high needs budget for 2023/24?4. How much are you expecting to have spent on your high needs budget by the end of the financial year 2024/25? Please add the value below 5. What is your original allocated high needs budget for 2024/25? 6. Have you sought permission from the Department for Education to move more than 0.5% from the DSG to high needs in the current financial year 2024/25? Please indicate YES / NO7. If YES, was permission granted? Please indicate YES / NO 8. Has the council signed up to the Safety Valve programme or any other government scheme to reduce its SEND deficit? If so, how much money has been offered to the council? 8. a) YES / NO 8. b) Name of scheme (if YES)8. c) Value of scheme to the council9. Has the council been part of the Delivering Better Value in SEND programme? Please indicate YES / NO10. Please tell us about any other ways the council is looking to reduce pressure on its high needs budget and add any further comments that would help us understand those pressures on your high needs budget.I would prefer to receive the information electronically. If you require any clarification, please contact me either via email or the phone number below, in accordance with your duty under Section 16 to provide advice and assistance if you find issue with any aspect of this FOI request.

Outcome / Documents

  • Response (all information to be supplied) - application/pdf - Download