Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 56180

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the effectiveness of the change in the real terms per pupil funding measure as an indicator of growth or otherwise in school budgets when pupil numbers are declining.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Every year the department publishes the schools’ costs technical note to help the sector to understand school costs and funding. Our analysis considers pupil demographic changes alongside other factors.The department allocates most mainstream funding thro...

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