Special Educational Needs and Disability - High Needs Provision Capital Allocation, 2022-23 and 2023-24 - Find a freedom of information request

Request for Information: Special Educational Needs & Disability - High Needs Provision Capital Allocation, 2022-23 and 2023-24

I would like to request the following information, which will be held by your finance and special educational needs and disability (SEND) teams:

High Needs Provision Capital Allocation In March 2022, the Department for Education announced the allocation of High Needs Provision Capital Allocation (HNPCA) grants for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 financial years.

As part of the assurance arrangements for this grant, the Department for Education requested that each local authority: 'complete and return a short grant assurance data return at an appropriate interval, to provide details on the projects they intend to fund using HNPCA. LAs should therefore complete the published template on GOV.UK, setting out their intentions for the funding' (source:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6241b553d3bf7f32abac140a/High_Needs_Provision_Capital_Allocations_-_Guidance.pdf)

The Department for Education requested a completed HNPCA template form from each local authority. They requested an original template form to be returned by 1st October 2022, and an updated form to be returned by 1st October 2023.

1) Please provide me with copies of the completed assurance data return template files that your council sent to the Department for Education under the conditions of the HNPCA grant.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Please find attached information.

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.