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Commons · Question 83761 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing in year growth funding to schools affected by additional starts relating to provision intended to (a) prevent and (b) reduce the number of you

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 29 Oct 2025

The department funds any 16, 17 or 18-year-old who wants a place in post-16 education.Typically, this is through lagged funding, where the main funding is based on student numbers in the year before. However, for those institutions with a significant grow...