Question follow-through · 85770

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase substitute funding for schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase substitute funding for schools.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department does not specifically fund substitute provision. However, the overall core schools budget (CSB) is increasing by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financia...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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