My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education announced this week £6.5 million funding for voluntary and community sector organisations who work with families of young children to support early language development, helping to address and support concerns when they can have the most impact; and to improve the early years education of children with special educational needs and disabilities.<\/p>
The government set out, prior to Budget 2018, plans to spend £3.5 billion this year on our free early education entitlements. We provide 15 hours of free early education for disadvantaged two year-olds, with almost 750,000 benefitting since 2013, and we provide the Early Years Pupil Premium, which delivers up to £300 per eligible child per year to support better outcomes for disadvantaged three and four year olds. This is on top of the near universal take up of the free 15 hours entitlement for all three and four year-olds.<\/p>
Funding for the entitlements is also supported by a £100 million investment through our social mobility action plan \u2018Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential\u2019, published in December 2017.<\/p>
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It is the responsibility of individual employers within the further education sector to set the salaries of their staff. For the period of 2019 to 2020, we estimate that £80 million more will need to be put into the Teacher Pensions Scheme by further education employers as a result of the recent revaluation.<\/p>
Our intention is to fund general further education colleges and sixth form colleges, specialist designated institutions and adult and community learning providers for the increased costs resulting from the changes to the valuation of the Teachers\u2019 Pension Scheme.<\/p>
We will undertake a public consultation to make sure that we are allocating funding to where it is most needed. We expect to launch the consultation in December, with a response in January 2019. As the Local Government Pensions Scheme is due to be revalued in 2019, we are therefore unable to make estimates about employer costs until that valuation is completed.<\/p>
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The government has allocated £265 million to help local authorities create new school places and improve existing facilities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in consultation with parents and providers. Many local authorities are using this to expand special schools or SEND units in mainstream schools.<\/p>
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Individual local authorities\u2019 allocations are published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans<\/a>. This funding is for 2018 to 2021. Funding after 2021 will be determined via the Spending Review.<\/p> <\/p> The government also establishes new special schools through the free schools programme. As of 1 November 2018 there were 34 open special free schools with a further 55 in the pipeline.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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