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• Education: Special Educational Needs Budget - Question 17 Oct 2019

  My Lords, we allow transfers of up to 0.5% from local authorities’ mainstream school budgets to pay for special needs education. This requires agreement from the local schools forum. Larger transfers must be approved by the Secretary of State. Next year we will increase high needs funding by £780 million. This increase in a single year should be compared with the reported £73 million that...

• Education: Special Educational Needs Budget - Question 17 Oct 2019

  My Lords, it is absolutely a priority for this Government; that is why we have just announced a very substantial 8% increase per head of population for those aged between two and 18. It is put in place with a 5% uplift to the schools budget, which will also support lower SEN.

• Education: Special Educational Needs Budget - Question 17 Oct 2019

  My noble friend is correct that local authorities should not impede parents who want particular solutions. That is why, when the EHC legislation came through in 2014, we put parents much more at the heart of the entire process. We accept that the process has not been without teething troubles and are carrying out a review of it, which we had committed to previously.

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Entered the House of Lords on 19 October 2017

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• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (since 28 Sep 2017)

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Agnew of Oulton’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Has voted in 70.90% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 173 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)