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From: Amy Woollcott <[FOI #1026505 email]>
Sent: 13 September 2023 14:15
To: FOI Team <[Oxfordshire County Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - SEND/high needs deficit
 
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Dear Oxfordshire County Council,

I’m seeking information from the council/local authority under the freedom
of information act.

Under the freedom of information act please confirm the current size of
your SEND/high needs deficit? Please use the most recent figure you have
available even if this is from the previous financial year.

I look forward to receiving your response within a maximum of 20 days as
you are required to do under the freedom of information act.

Yours faithfully,

Amy Woollcott

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Dear Ms Woollcott,

 Thank you for your request of 13 September 2023 in which you asked for
the following information, please find our response below in bold:

Please confirm the current size of your SEND/high needs deficit? Please
use the most recent figure you have available even if this is from the
previous financial year.

The cumulative deficit on High Needs at the end of 2022-23 was £41.1m.

The in-year budgeted deficit in 2023-24 is £18.3m.

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