Question follow-through · 66186

Independent Schools Inspectorate: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided for the (a) running of the Independent Schools Inspectorate and (b) cost of inspections undertaken by that inspectorate in each financial year since March 2015.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
14 Jul 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided for the (a) running of the Independent Schools Inspectorate and (b) cost of inspections undertaken by that inspectorate in each financial year since March 2015.

  2. 14 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The department does not provide funding to the Independent Schools Inspectorate, and does not cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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