Question follow-through · 46679
Secondary Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local authorities operating at a deficit on secondary schools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local authorities operating at a deficit on secondary schools.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
School funding is increasing by £3.2 billion in 2025/26, compared to 2024/25, taking total core school budgets to over £64.8 billion this year.The department offers various resources and guidance to help both maintained schools and academies to manage the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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