School Funding 2020-07-07
2020-07-07
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Asks about discussions between the Treasury and Department for Education on school funding.
What recent discussions has he had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring adequate funding for schools? He notes a £1 billion package to help students catch up, £100 million for remote education, and an additional £7.1 billion in core funding from the 2019 spending round.
I regularly meet the Secretary of State for Education to discuss school funding. We are providing a £1 billion package to help students catch up on lost learning, which sits alongside the £100 million to boost remote education and the additional £7.1 billion of core funding for schools that we announced at the 2019 spending round.
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References a low social mobility index ranking for Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, and Talke.
Will he set out the steps that the Department is taking to support further education? Does he agree that post-16 providers play a vital role in levelling up opportunity and upskilling/retraining both young and old?
As a former teacher, my hon. Friend speaks with great authority on such issues. I absolutely agree that a strong post-16 education system is vital to our recovery. That is why we have applied a range of flexibilities to the usual funding arrangements, and the Department for Education has set out further details.
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