| Heading: |
Schools: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1809979 |
| UIN: |
57911 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5304 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Danny Chambers
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| Asking Member handle: |
DannyVet
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DannyVet
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to financially support smaller schools in rural communities. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
The government recognises the essential role that small schools play in their communities, many of which are in rural areas. The schools national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the particular challenges faced by small schools in rural areas through th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |