Question follow-through · 12793
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to publish criteria and guidance, so schools understand how funding decisions are made, what evidence is required, who makes those decisions, and how consistency is ensured.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to publish criteria and guidance, so schools understand how funding decisions are made, what evidence is required, who makes those decisions, and how consistency is ensured.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
The department publishes a range of guidance each year to support schools and local authorities in understanding how funding is allocated, available at the links below.National funding formula policy papers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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