Ministers at last week's Aiming High for Disabled Children conference were unable to confirm how much money primary care trusts (PCTs) would have to spend on disabled children's services.
Delegates at the event pressed Children's Secretary Ed Balls, schools minister Lord Andrew Adonis, health minister Ivan Lewis along with officials from the Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for a definitive figure.
Graham Durham, assistant director of inclusion at the London Borough of Barnet, said: "Where is the money in the PCT for this programme? We have got ringfenced money for short-term breaks and we can't spend it on anything else."
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