Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure SEND support funding is accessible to children of armed forces personnel.

The department wants all children to be able to reach their full potential and receive the right support to succeed in their education and in their move into adult life.

The department allocates Special Educational Needs and Disability support funding to English local authorities and schools. This funding is accessible to children of armed forces personnel in the same way as it is to other children.

Pupils aged 5 to 16 in state-funded education in England attract Service Pupil Premium (SPP) funding to the schools they attend if they have been recorded as having Service child status in any school census within the last six years. The SPP is currently worth £335 per eligible pupil annually and is intended to help schools support the wellbeing, and if appropriate the academic progress, of Service children.