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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-29more like thismore than 2024-04-29
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 remove filter
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education remove filter
hansard heading Special Educational Needs: York more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure the safety valve programme supports SEND services in York. more like this
tabling member constituency York Central more like this
tabling member printed
Rachael Maskell more like this
uin 24085 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-10more like thismore than 2024-05-10
answer text <p>The Safety Valve programme is designed to improve special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services by making the very best use of resources to deliver the support that children and young people need.</p><p> </p><p>The agreements, based on proposals put forward by each local authority, hold local authorities to account for doing so in the most effective and sustainable way for the benefit of children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The last few years have shown that increased spend does not automatically equate to better outcomes for children and young people; running systems more effectively does. Safety Valve plans generally place emphasis on improving the availability of support in and to mainstream schools, including increasing early access to support, building parental confidence in the system and increasing the availability of local provision. It is only through taking these steps and through the genuine collaboration of all partners locally that high needs systems can be delivered effectively and sustainably for the future.</p><p> </p><p>City of York Council made a Safety Valve agreement in 2021, with the department contributing £17.1 million. The authority agreed to reform their high needs system such that they would subsequently reach a positive in-year balance on its Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and eliminate its cumulative deficit by the end of the agreement in 2025/26, while continuing to deliver for children and young people with SEND. City of York Council is on track to meet the deficit reduction targets set out in the agreement both for the current reporting year and the lifetime of the plan.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to provide City of York Council with support through the Safety Valve programme via regular contact with department officials, SEND advisors and financial advisors.</p>
answering member constituency Wantage more like this
answering member printed David Johnston more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-10T16:33:52.137Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-10T16:33:52.137Z
answering member
4761
label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
tabling member
4471
label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this