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Schools: Finance

Question for Department for Education

UIN 908231, tabled on 17 December 2018

What assessment he has made of the sustainability of the current level of funding for schools.

Answered on

17 December 2018

With the additional £1.3 billion the Government has invested across this year and next, the core schools and high needs budget will increase from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £43.5 billion by 2019-20. The Government is committed to securing the right deal for education in the upcoming Spending Review.

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