Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Commons · Question 56180 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 10 Jun 2025
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...