Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 63437
Schools: Finance
Tabled: 27 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Freddie van Mierlo
Liberal Democrat — Henley and Thame
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to revise the funding formula used to allocate the dedicated schools grant in areas which have a high cost of living but low area cost adjustment.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe department uses the schools national funding formula (NFF) to distribute core funding for 5 to 16 year-old pupils (reception through to year 11) in mainstream state-funded schools in England.The area cost adjustment (ACA) means that funding allocation...
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