Source · Select Committees · Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Recommendation 2
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Require Northern Ireland Executive to prioritise SEN pupil numbers in education funding allocation.
Recommendation
After years of under-investment, the education sector has been struggling to fulfil its statutory duties. Spending per pupil has been consistently lower in Northern Ireland than in England. We are particularly concerned about the future of provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN), with the number of pupils with SEN growing by 60% over the last ten years and this trend only likely to continue. SEN provision makes up a significant amount of EA spending. We recommend, as did our predecessor committee in 2019, that the Northern Ireland Executive take proper account of the increasing numbers of children with SEN in Northern Ireland when allocating budgetary funding to the Department of Education.
Government response summary AI-generated
The UK Government's response did not address the recommendation for the Northern Ireland Executive to account for increasing SEN pupil numbers in education funding, instead quoting a different recommendation without providing a specific reply.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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10. “We recommend, as did our predecessor committee in 2019, that the Northern Ireland Executive take proper account of the increasing numbers of children with SEN in Northern Ireland when allocating budgetary funding to the Department of Education.” UK Government response:
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