Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 111471

Pupil Premium: Health Services

Tabled: 6 February 2026

Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her department has given to the potential benefits of changing Pupil Premium rules so that funding goes directly towards supporting the eligible child’s care.

Answer

Georgia Gould

The purpose of pupil premium funding is to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how to allocate the funding, afte...

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