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- The UK faces a crisis in funding for special needs education, with costs reaching £10.7 billion.
- Local authorities struggle to manage these expenses, especially transport, which rose 122% over a decade.
- Norfolk County Council allocates 9.3% of its education budget to transport.
- Dorset's spending rose from 1.4% to 9.9% over ten years.
- The number of taxi transports for SEN pupils has surged 36% since 2019.
