Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 84347

Education: Finance

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to ensure fair funding across local authorities under the National Funding Formula.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Every year, the department uses the schools national funding formula (NFF) to distribute core funding for 5 to 16-year-old pupils in mainstream state-funded schools in England. This ensures that funding is distributed based on a fair and consistent assess...

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