Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 26349

Pupil Referral Units: Per Capita Costs

Tabled: 24 January 2025

Answered: 29 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Josh Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of variations in per pupil funding for places in pupil referral units on pupils' educational outcomes.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

Most funding for pupil referral units, and other alternative provision (AP), comes from local authorities’ high needs budgets, Following the Autumn Budget 2024, the department is providing an increase of £1 billion for high needs budgets in England in the...

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