Question follow-through · 25741
Schools: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase funding for rural schools.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase funding for rural schools.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
Through the dedicated schools grant, the department is increasing funding for mainstream schools to £48.7 billion in 2025/26. This is an increase of 2.15% per pupil in 2025/26, compared to 2024/25. The schools national funding formula (NFF) distributes fu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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