Pupil Premium: Health Services
Commons · Question 111471 · Tabled 6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her department has given to the potential benefits of changing Pupil Premium rules so that funding goes directly towards supporting the eligible child’s care.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 16 Feb 2026
The purpose of pupil premium funding is to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England.Pupil premium is not a personal budget for individual pupils. It is for schools to decide how to allocate the funding, afte...