Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the allocation of the top-up component of high needs funding.

Guidance to local authorities on the allocation of top-up funding is found in the high needs funding 2018 to 2019 operational guide, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2018-to-2019.