Debate contribution: Budget 2026-29/2030

Debate contribution by Mrs Pam Cameron on .

MLA
Mrs Pam Cameron
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
28 April 2026
Type
Debate contribution
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Heading
Budget 2026-29/2030
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5509864

Text

The UK Treasury awarded extra money to bodies across the UK to address the significant increase in demand for special educational needs services. The Education Minister has for some time been referring to the pressure that SEN provision is putting on his Department's budget. Will the additional £380 million in Barnett consequentials, given the UK Government's decision to fund SEN, be ring-fenced and applied to the NI Education budget, version 2?

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