EHCP申请激增对公共财政构成风险，可能导致支持水平下降。地方议会警告称，由于英格兰学校对特殊教育需求和残疾（Send）支持的需求快速增长，预计未来18个月内Send债务将达到创纪录的100亿英镑，后果可能是灾难性的。
Surge in EHCP applications poses risk to public finances and may lead to deteriorating levels of support Councils are warning of potentially “catastrophic” debts, which are forecast to reach a record £10bn over the next 18 months, as a result of rapid growth in demand for special educational needs and disability (Send) support in English schools.
尽管政府最近已清偿超过50亿英镑的历史性地方议会Send债务，但申请激增导致当局预测，他们将在4月前重新累积该债务规模，并在2028年将其翻倍。
Although the government recently cleared more than £5bn in historic council Send debts, a surge in requests has led to authorities predicting they will have re-accrued that debt figure by April, and doubled it by 2028.