Question follow-through · 128544
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential rise in cost of rent, utilities, insurance, and food costs on the sustainability of schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential rise in cost of rent, utilities, insurance, and food costs on the sustainability of schools.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
In March 2026, we published the 2026 Schools Costs Technical Note, which includes an estimate of cost pressures for schools’ non-staff costs over the 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years. The analysis shows £1 billion of headroom in schools’ budgets over t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Children's Commissioner for England: Operating Costs
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total running costs of the office of the Children's Commissioner for England was for the last full year in which data is available.