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<p>Local authorities are required, through their local school funding formulae, to
provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost
of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the value
of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.</p><p>When
the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEND exceed £6,000, the
local authority should also allocate additional top up funding to cover the excess
costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools, comes from the local
authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million
in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next. Barnsley council
is receiving £23.2 million for high needs this year, including its share of the £250
million, which amounted to £1.1 million.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs
budgets within the Dedicated Schools Grant were created. As the Dedicated Schools
Grant includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable
to provide comparable figures before 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The schools and high needs
allocations for the Yorkshire and the Humber and Barnsley regions since 2013-14 are
set out in the below tables:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools
funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1
billion</p></td><td><p>£412.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1
billion</p></td><td><p>£430.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.2
billion</p></td><td><p>£436.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3
billion</p></td><td><p>£442.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3
billion</p></td><td><p>£476.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.4
billion</p></td><td><p>£512.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.5
billion</p></td><td><p>£531.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools
funding amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> High needs funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£127.1
million</p></td><td><p>£17.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£126.9
million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£132.07
million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£133.7
million</p></td><td><p>£18.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£137.4
million</p></td><td><p>£21.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£142.9
million</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£148.8
million</p></td><td><p>£23.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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