At least nine councils in England expect their Send deficits to grow by more than £50m

Send deficit by fiscal year, £m

Guardian graphicSource: Local authorities, Guardian research. Note: where "safety valve" councils - those in receipt of financial assistance from the Department for Education - provided both a mitigated/unmitigated deficit/surplus, the lower, mitigated figure was used. The analysis covers 132 upper-tier councils which responded to the Foi in full