§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on what basis extra per capita funding is available for(a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils with special educational needs. [4500]
§ Mr. Robin SquireWhen allocating funds to schools under local management of schools schemes, local education authorities may include factors in their formulae which allocate additional funding for non-statemented special educational needs based on proxy indicators of need such as free school meals, or direct indicators of need such as SEN audits. Such factors may be applied to both primary and secondary schools.