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1143018

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 he has plans to increase the level of funding for schools in England to a minimum of £5,000 per pupil.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	284595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2019 16:46:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1143241

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 progress his Department has made on developing a national method for funding mobility as part of the national funding formula for schools.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	284689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284520 284726 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:38:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1142221

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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 his policy is on increasing (a) overall school funding and (b) the minimum level of funding per pupil; and when those policies will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	282367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>On Friday 30 August the department announced an over £14 billion, 3 year settlement for primary and secondary schools.</p><p> </p><p>This funding package builds on the government reforms which have seen education standards in England increase, with more primary school children on track to become fluent readers, more 19 year olds leaving education with English and mathematics GCSEs, and almost one million school places created.</p><p> </p><p>This funding package builds on the reform agenda that we have pursued since 2010 which has driven better standards, rigour, discipline and outcomes for pupils in England.</p><p> </p><p>This settlement includes cash increases of £2.6 billion for 2020-21, £4.8 billion for 2021-22 and £7.1 billion for 2022-23 compared with 2019-20. Part of this settlement includes over £700 million more for the special educational needs and disabilities budget in 2020-21 compared to this year, which is equivalent to an increase of over 11%.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the settlement also includes £1.5 billion in each of the next 3 years for teachers’ pensions. This is on top of the £14 billion overall increase.</p><p> </p><p>The £14 billion means the department can ‘level up’ school funding by raising the minimum per pupil funding to all secondary schools to £5,000 next year, and the minimum per pupil funding for primary schools to £3,750 in 2020-21 and £4,000 in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>This will bring the schools budget to £52.2 billion by 2022-3 and will deliver on my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister’s pledge to deliver the following:</p><ul><li>increase school funding by £4.6 billion a year above inflation;</li><li>delivering minimum secondary school funding of £5,000 per pupil; and</li><li>delivering minimum primary school funding of £4,000 per pupil by 2022-23.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In doing so, the government is giving all young people the same opportunities to succeed — regardless of where they grow up or go to school— and providing for a real terms increase in per pupil funding in all schools next year. The funding formula will ensure that all parts of the UK will receive significant funding uplifts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 04/09/2019 14:48:29 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 132430 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1137165

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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, how many hours of schooling were lost due to schools reducing the length of the school day as a result of insufficient funding in the 2017-18 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	273737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on when schools finish their school day is not held centrally.</p><p>It is unacceptable for schools to shorten their working week when it is not a direct action to support and enhance their pupils’ education. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, funding for the average primary school class is £132,000, and funding for that same class of children in secondary school would be £171,000. These amounts are to cover a full five-day week in term time.</p><p>All schools have the autonomy to decide the structure and duration of their school day, which includes the flexibility to decide when their school day should start and finish. The Department trusts that headteachers will do this in a sensible manner.</p><p>All maintained schools are required to educate pupils for at least 380 sessions each school year. They cannot reduce the length of the school week if this would take the total number of sessions below that.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/07/2019 14:04:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1137067

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools (i) are eligible for and (ii) receive the full amount of funding under the sparsity element of the national funding formula; and what the average amount was that each eligible school received in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	273496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of mainstream schools in England that received sparsity funding in 2018-19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of schools</p></td><td><p>16,758</p></td><td><p>3,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number eligible for sparsity funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>992</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion eligible for sparsity funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>5.90%</p></td><td><p>3.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number eligible for maximum sparsity funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion eligible for maximum sparsity funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1.40%</p></td><td><p>0.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average sparsity funding for eligible schools (£)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>14,766</p></td><td><p>34,625</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Schools are only counted as eligible for sparsity funding if the local authority has included the factor in their funding formula. The maximum amount of sparsity funding under the national funding formula is £25,000 for primary schools and £65,000 for secondary schools.</p><p>[2] This is the mean value for schools receiving sparsity funding where the local authority has included the factor in their funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/07/2019 14:15:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137068

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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, how many mainstream (a) primary and (b) secondary schools received a lump sum payment, and for how many schools that lump sum represented (i) less than one per cent, (ii) 2 to five per cent; (iii) five to 10 per cent, (iv) 10 to 20 per cent, (v) 20 to 30 per cent, (vi) 30 to 40 per cent, and (vii) over 50 per cent of their total income.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	273497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of mainstream schools in England that received a lump sum payment in 2018-19 and the proportion of their total income (from the schools block allocation) this represented.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of schools</p></td><td><p>16,756[1]</p></td><td><p>3,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lump Sum</p></td><td><p>16,756</p></td><td><p>3,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1% to 5%</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>2,788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5% to 10%</p></td><td><p>5,332</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10% to 20%</p></td><td><p>7,482</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20% to 30%</p></td><td><p>2,060</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30% to 40%</p></td><td><p>808</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40% to 50%</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 50%</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] In line with the published data the figures exclude two primary schools whose data has been suppressed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/07/2019 14:41:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1136579

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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 he will publish a response to the petition entitled, Give schools the money they need, that was presented to the House on 5 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	272792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education will publish a response to the petition entitled, ‘Give schools the money they need’, which was presented to the House on 5 June 2019.</p><p>As per the recommendation in the ‘Procedure Committee’s First Report on Public Petitions and Early Day Motions’, July 2007, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, intends to reply within two months of the petition’s presentation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/07/2019 16:16:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1134856

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	269627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Treasury ministers regularly discuss public spending issues with Cabinet Colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is investing £43 billion of core funding into schools ensuring, that core schools funding grows in real terms per pupil. The National Funding Formula is providing every local authority with more money for every pupil in every school.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/07/2019 12:34:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1134858

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of central government funding for schools.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	269735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Treasury ministers regularly discuss public spending issues with Cabinet Colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government is investing £43 billion of core funding into schools, ensuring that core schools funding grows in real terms per pupil. The National Funding Formula is providing every local authority with more money for every pupil in every school.</p><p> </p><p>This means thousands of underfunded schools will attract significantly larger gains of up to 6% per pupil and every school attracting at least 1% more per pupil over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2019 13:30:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1135026

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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, how much funding his Department has spent or plans to spend on converting schools to academies in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23 and (g) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	269833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Between 2017-18 and the end of May 2019, the department has spent £69 million on pre-opening start-up grants to support local authority schools to convert to become academies. This includes the conversion of failing local authority schools to become sponsored academies in order to improve pupil outcomes. In addition, further capital costs are incurred for some cases where the fabric of school buildings has not been sufficiently well maintained.</p><p>Further details can be found in in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£38 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20 (as at end of May 2019)</p></td><td><p>£1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£69 million</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Future years’ spending plans have yet to be determined and will form part of the next Spending Review.</p><p>Academy status leads to a more dynamic and responsive education system by allowing schools to make decisions based on local need and the interests of their pupils.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is required by legislation to intervene in underperforming maintained schools rated inadequate by Ofsted and to issue an academy order for the school to become a sponsored academy. Recent research found that sponsored academies, particularly those open longest, have made substantial gains in performance in comparison with similar non-academy schools. The latest figures show that over 7 out of 10 sponsored academies are good or outstanding, replacing schools that were mostly underperforming. 85% of children are now in good or outstanding schools, compared to just 66% in 2010, and this is in part down to our reforms.</p><p>Where academies choose to come together in academy trusts, they can take advantage of economies of scale and drive down the costs of procurement and so are able to invest more in teaching. By working in partnership with each other, schools can benefit from sharing staff, curriculum expertise and effective pedagogy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 16:59:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner