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Commons · Question 42763 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the differences in school funding across different counties.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 8 Apr 2025

Every year the department uses the schools national funding formula (NFF) to distribute core funding for 5- to 16-year-old pupils in mainstream state-funded schools in England. In the current NFF, the vast majority of funding is distributed on the basis o...