Question follow-through · 16757
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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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
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 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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