Question follow-through · 7167
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make it her policy to restore school funding in real terms to the level provided in May 2010.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make it her policy to restore school funding in real terms to the level provided in May 2010.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
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23 Oct 2024
Answer corrected
This government is increasing overall core revenue funding for schools to almost £61.8 billion this financial year (2024/25). In July, the department announced that it is providing schools with almost £1.1 billion of additional funding in the 2024/25 fin...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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