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<p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question
in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with
the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have asked local authorities with
a cumulative deficit on their Dedicated Schools Grant of more than 1% to submit recovery
plans to the department. We are now reviewing those plans and will be discussing these
with local authorities in due course.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For 2020-21,
we have announced more than £700 million of additional high needs funding, which funds
children with more complex special educational needs. This represents an increase
of 11% compared to 2019-20, leading to a total of over £7 billion. Every local authority
will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of population aged 2-18. We will provide
local authorities with provisional allocations in October. This will help local authorities
to manage the pressures that they will face next year.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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