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<p>The level of high needs funding for children and young people with special educational
needs (SEN) for each year are published in the dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations
each year, as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£5.0
billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£5.2 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£5.2
billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£5.3 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18*</p></td><td><p>£5.8
billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19**</p></td><td><p>£6.1 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20**</p></td><td><p>£6.3
billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* In 2017-18 the baselines of the
high needs block and the schools block within DSG were adjusted, to take account of
local authorities’ spending decisions.</p><p>** Includes the £125 million added to
the high needs block in 2018-19 and 2019-20, in recognition of the cost pressures
local authorities have been facing, announced in December 2018.</p><p>Information
on the number and proportion of children in schools with an education, health and
care (EHC) plan or previously statement of SEN are published in the annual ‘SEN in
England’ statistical release. A time series can be found in Table 1 at the following
link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018</a>.</p><p>Information
on all young people (up to age 25) with an EHC plan is published in the annual ‘Statements
of SEN and EHC Plans’ statistical release. A time series can be found in Table 1 at
the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p>The
first full year that statutory EHC plans were in place was 2015. Figures prior to
this, therefore, relate to statements only. Table 2 in the following link includes
the number of new EHC plans during 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018</a>.</p><p>It
is important to note that the number of EHC plans and statements of SEN does not include
learning difficulty assessments (LDAs). These were previously used in a similar way
as an EHC plan, for young people with SEN at a post-16 level, but were replaced by
EHC plans from 2015. The last record of LDAs were removed from the system in 2016.</p>
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