Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for disadvantaged pupils.

Tabled: 15 June 2021Answered: 21 June 2021

Asked by

Liz Twist

LabourBlaydon and Consett

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Kirsty McNeill)

I know there is consensus right across this House on the enormous value of the hospice sector and the extraordinary work that it does—work that, sadly, has been undervalued for far too long. Support for additional employer national insurance contributions will be allocated to Departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way for the devolved Governments. The rise does not begin until April, and we will set out further details on the allocation of funding in due course.