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1726707

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for rural schools (a) in South Shropshire constituency and (b) nationally.
	tabling member constituency	South Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	3778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the challenges faced by small schools in rural areas through the lump sum and sparsity factors. The lump sum provides a fixed amount of £134,000 that is unrelated to pupil numbers, and so is particularly beneficial to small rural schools. The department is also providing £98 million in total through the sparsity factor in 2024/25 to support small and remote schools, which typically benefits rural schools. In 2024/25, 75 schools in Shropshire local authority area attract sparsity funding in the NFF, including 40 in the South Shropshire constituency.</p><p>In July 2024, the department also announced almost £1.1 billion through the Core Schools Budget Grant to support schools with their overall costs. All schools, including rural schools, will receive funding through this grant in 2024/25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 15:01:11 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1726747

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Welwyn Hatfield constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in over the past five academic years.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewin
	uin	3853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The tables below set out funding statistics for Welwyn Hatfield constituency, Hertfordshire and England in each of the last five years. The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) funding cycle is on a financial year basis, rather than an academic one, so this is what has been provided in this answer.</p><p> </p><p>For Hertfordshire and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the DSG. The figures in table one include premises funding but exclude falling rolls and growth funding (funding for local authorities to support schools with significant increases or decreases in pupil numbers).</p><p> </p><p>The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Welwyn Hatfield constituency. The constituency level data for Welwyn Hatfield is instead calculated based on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those in table one because DSG funding cannot be broken down to constituency level, so the context of the funding figures are not the same.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide average per-pupil funding for the last five years, 2020/21 to 2024/25:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table one</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hertfordshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,642</p></td><td><p>£5,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,024</p></td><td><p>£5,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,330</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,634</p></td><td><p>£5,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,764</p></td><td><p>£5,957</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary Grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional Grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br>Table two</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NFF Schools Block per-pupil funding *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Welwyn Hatfield</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,755</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. Additional grants, such as the SSG and the MSAG are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 14:58:24 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5061

1725947

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency, (b) the North East Combined Authority Area and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead Central and Whickham
	tabling member printed	Mark Ferguson
	uin	3283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East *</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,828</p></td><td><p>£5,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,220</p></td><td><p>£5,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,538</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,869</p></td><td><p>£5,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,993</p></td><td><p>£5,957</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 09/09/2024 16:13:48 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5031

1726004

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Knowsley constituency, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Midgley
	uin	3294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The tables below set out funding statistics for Knowsley constituency, Knowsley local authority, the North West and England in the last five years. Knowsley local authority is included instead of Merseyside, since Merseyside is not a local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The department cannot provide comparable funding data for each of the last 10 years due to the changes in the funding system since that time. The scope of the per pupil funding before and after 2018/19 are not directly comparable. In particular, funding for the central services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central school services block from that year onwards.</p><p> </p><p>For Knowsley local authority, the North West and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in table one exclude growth funding but include premises.</p><p> </p><p>The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Knowsley constituency. The constituency level data for Knowsley is therefore calculated based on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those in table one, not only because DSG funding cannot be aggregated down to constituency level, but also because the context of the funding figures is not the same.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide average per pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table one</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per pupil funding *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Knowsley local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,382</p></td><td><p>£4,838</p></td><td><p>£5,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,752</p></td><td><p>£5,221</p></td><td><p>£5,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,082</p></td><td><p>£5,524</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,465</p></td><td><p>£5,835</p></td><td><p>£5,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,651</p></td><td><p>£5,962</p></td><td><p>£5,957</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table two</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NFF Schools Block per pupil funding **</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Knowsley constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,867</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>** The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 04/09/2024 16:03:09 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5038

1723588

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has set aside capital funding for the provision of potential additional places in state schools in the event they are required as a result of pupils moving from the independent sector to the state sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
	uin	1655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Education is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity so every child gets the best start in life. Ending tax breaks on private schools will help raise revenue to drive forward the change this government is committed to deliver. The department is supporting HM Treasury, which will deliver the tax changes<strong>.</strong> Further details were published by the government on 29 July 2024 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department collects pupil forecasts and school capacity data from local authorities annually through the School Capacity survey. This data shows that, in May 2023, 11.7% of primary capacity and 11.5% of secondary capacity was unfilled nationally, meaning school places are available in many parts of the country.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 01/08/2024 15:38:17 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1716939

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the school related schemes that have received notice that funding will be (a) reduced and (b) ended since 1 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	25590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to providing a world class education system for all children and has invested significantly in education to achieve that.</p><p>Including the additional funding for teachers’ pay and pensions, funding for both mainstream schools and high needs is £2.9 billion higher in 2024/25 than in 2023/24. The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This means school funding is set to have risen by £11 billion by 2024/25 compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/05/2024 10:32:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1702133

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to assess the adequacy of funding for each school (a) nationally and (b) in York.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	22580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to providing a world class education system for all children and has invested significantly in education to achieve that.</p><p> </p><p>Including the additional funding for teachers’ pay and pensions, funding for both mainstream schools and high needs is £2.9 billion higher in 2024/25, compared to 2023/24. The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This means school funding is set to have risen by £11 billion by 2024/25, compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>Each year, the government publishes an assessment of schools’ costs and funding increases in the Schools’ Costs Technical Note. In the most recent publication, the department’s analysis shows mainstream school funding rising by 7.6% in 2023/24 compared to the previous year, while costs were estimated to have risen by 6.7% at the national level. This analysis reflects averages across all schools in England.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Dedicated Schools Grant, York is receiving an extra £2.0 million for mainstream schools in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, taking total school funding to over £125.5 million. This represents an increase of 2.0% per pupil compared to 2023/24, and an increase of 13.4% per pupil compared to 2021/22 (excluding growth funding). On top of this, all schools will receive additional funding through the Teachers’ Pay Additional Grant and Teachers' Pension Employer Contribution Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The precise funding and cost increases that individual schools in York, and across the country, will face depend on each school’s unique circumstances and the decisions that it has made about how to deploy its funding. The national funding formula is designed to fund each school according to its relative needs, and is updated annually to reflect how those needs change over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/04/2024 16:38:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1697456

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the current funding formula for schools to ensure that it is adjusted for (a) inflation and (b) increases in the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. School funding is therefore set to have risen by £11 billion next year, compared with 2021/2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/03/2024 16:45:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1696427

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating a portion of the savings in direct schools grants from home education to local authorities to provide exam centres.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	18913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The department allocates school funding to local authorities through the dedicated schools grant, on the basis of pupil numbers in the preceding autumn census. That some children are home educated does not, therefore, lead to unallocated funding. The department does not have current plans to fund exam centres for children who are home educated, but all funding is kept under careful review. Local authorities do have some flexibility to support children and young people who are home educated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/03/2024 15:54:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1695297

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the funding required to maintain the school estate.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	18152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Well-maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the department in order to ensure that they support a high-quality education for all children. The department has allocated over £15 billion since 2015 for keeping schools safe and operational, including £1.8 billion in 2023/24. In addition, the school rebuilding programme is transforming poor condition buildings at over 500 schools.</p><p>​It is the responsibility of those who run schools, such as academy trusts, local authorities and voluntary-aided school bodies, to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools based on local knowledge of their estates. They decide how to use annual funding provided, or when to apply to central programmes. Where there are serious issues with buildings that cannot be managed independently the department provides additional support on a case by case basis.</p><p>This government introduced the Condition Data Collection (CDC), the first ever comprehensive survey of the school estate and one of the largest data collection programmes of its kind in Europe. Thanks to our evidence led approach, following the James Review of Capital in 2011, this government has been able to allocate capital funding based on consistent data on condition need. Almost all government funded schools in England were visited as part of the CDC programme between 2017 and 2019. Key findings from the CDC programme can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60af7cbbe90e071b54214c82/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60af7cbbe90e071b54214c82/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>This reported a total modelled remediation cost of £11.4 billion to repair or replace building components rated less than good (Grade A), which included elements which were rated as satisfactory.</p><p>Significant capital investment has been provided since the CDC was carried out. Condition Data Collection 2 (CDC2) started in 2021 and will complete in 2026. It will provide the department with an improved and up to date evidence base on building condition to inform future capital policy and programmes. Early indications from our CDC2 data collection to date, and feedback from responsible bodies, showed that in almost every case where a D grade component was identified in the CDC1 report, it has since been addressed.</p><p>Funding for capital programmes up to 2024/25 comes from the department’s overall £19 billion capital budget set at the 2021 Spending Review. Capital budgets beyond 2024/25 will be determined through a Spending Review, in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/03/2024 12:54:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell