Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered financing the provision of EpiPens for all children in an educational establishment.

Mainstream school and high needs budgets have increased by £3.7 billion in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25. Overall schools funding will total £65.3 billion in the 2025/26 academic year (AY) compared to £61.6 billion in the 2024/25 AY. The Spending Review announced that core schools funding, including investment in special educational needs and disabilities, will rise to £69.5 billion by the 2028/29 AY.

Schools decide how to spend from their funding allocations, taking into account their pupils’ needs and they are able to purchase adrenaline auto-injectors out of the funding we provide to them. The department has announced that we will be inviting pharmacists to work with us to make these life-saving devices as easily and cheaply available to schools as possible.