Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 116729

Education: Finance

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

LabourChesterfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to decide how much 16 to 19 Bursary funding is distributed to each a) Local Education Authority, b) Multi-Academy Trust and c) school within a Local Education Authority and Mul

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department allocates the bulk of 16 to 19 bursary funding in advance for institutions to make discretionary bursary awards to students.For mainstream schools and academies, allocations are made to individual institutions. Each local authority-maintain...

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