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Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on School Funding: Provisional 2025-26 allocations, HCWS 264, what funding has been provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) spe

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Department for Education
Tabled
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
2 Dec 2024
Answer
5 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on School Funding: Provisional 2025-26 allocations, HCWS 264, what funding has been provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) spe

  2. 2 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The government announced at Budget a £2.3 billion increase to the core schools budget for the 2025/26 financial year. This funding increase includes funding for mainstream schools and high needs funding for complex special educational needs and disabiliti...

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