Special Educational Needs Funding - Find a freedom of information request

1. Please state whether your local authority overspent its budget for the high needs / special educational needs funding block in each of the following financial years:

a)     2018-19

b)     2017-18

c)      2016-17

d)     2015-16

2. If so, please state the amount of the overspend, in

a)     percentage

b)     cash

 terms, in each of the following financial years:

ii)     2017-18

iii)   2016-17

iv)    2015-16

3.   

a) Please state whether your authority has asked for approval from your local schools forum to move money from the schools funding block to the high needs / special educational needs funding block in each of the following financial years:

b) Whether it was approved or denied in each year.

ii)     2017-18

iii)   2016-17

iv)    2015-16

4.  If this was approved, please state the amount of money transferred from the schools funding block to the high needs / special educational needs funding block in

a) percentage of the total schools funding block

b) cash

terms, in each of the following financial years:

iii)   2016-17

5.  If this was not initially approved, please state whether

a) Your authority appealed to the Secretary of State against a decision by the schools forum to refuse such a request or sought direct permission for such a request and

b) What the outcome of this appeal or direct application was

for each of the following financial years:​​​​​​​

i)     2018-19

ii)    2017-18

iii)   2016-17

iv)   2015-16

1. 

a)     2018-19 No

b)     2017-18 No

c)     2016-17 No

d)     2015-16 No

2. 

a)     percentage N/A

b)     cash N/A

3. 

a) Yes

b)

i)      2018-19 No

ii)     2017-18 Yes – It was approved

iii)    2016-17 No

iv)    2015-16 No

4. 

i)      2018-19 N/A

ii)     2017-18 0.4% b) £1.626m

iii)    2016-17 N/A

iv)    2015-16 N/A

5. 

i)      2018-19 N/A

ii)     2017-18 N/A

iii)    2016-17 N/A

iv)    2015-16 N/A