| Heading: |
Schools: Cost Effectiveness |
| Question ID: |
1809140 |
| UIN: |
57393 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4813 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Richard Holden
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| Asking Member handle: |
RicHolden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RicHolden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for her assessment that schools can make efficiency savings within budgets without reducing headcount. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
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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: |
Overall school funding is increasing by £3.7 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, meaning the core school budget will total £65.3 billion. This is a 6% rise in cash terms, or a 3.3% increase in real terms, compared to 2024/25. We are providing schools w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |