Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 1610
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 29 July 2024
Named DayQuestion
Alex Baker
Labour — Aldershot
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 McKinnellThe 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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