Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 1610

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Alex Baker

LabourAldershot

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of school funding per pupil in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) the rest of the country.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The overall core schools budget will total £61.8 billion in 2024/25. Average per pupil funding in England, as allocated through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), is £5,957. The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such t...

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