A question on #Schools #Finance tabled by Chris Hinchliff on 17-03-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Schools: Finance
Question ID: 1785355
UIN: 38800
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-17
Asking Member ID: 5244
Asking Member display name: Chris Hinchliff
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Chris Hinchliff
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the start of the school budget year in April and the academic year in September on schools' ability to budget effectively for staffing
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Date answered: 2025-03-25
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Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: Schools are generally funded on the basis of their pupil numbers in the previous October census, therefore meaning the funding that schools receive for the 2025/26 funding year will be based on pupil numbers as of October 2024. This practice means that th...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
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