Despite increased spending , there are indications that services are not meeting peoples’ needs, such as only 50% of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans for children and young people being issued within the 20-week statutory limit in 2023.15 MHCLG acknowledged that although spend on SEND services had increased, parent and children’s satisfaction had not increased.16 Local authorities’ spending on temporary accommodation has nearly doubled from £1.10 billion in real terms in 2015–16 to £2.13 billion in 2023–24, with MHCLG noting that outcomes “are not good” for citizens in temporary accommodation, particularly for families and children. This is coupled with an increasing number of families placed in bed and breakfast accommodation beyond the statutory maximum of six weeks.17