Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government where the £615 million allocated to schools to fund teachers' pay awards for 2025–26 will come from within the existing budget of the Department for Education.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department has made some tough decisions to ensure every pound of taxpayers’ money is driving high and rising standards for our children. By ending tax breaks for private schools, and undertaking a robust line-by-line budget review to identify poor value for money spend, we are able to deliver this investment in recruiting and retaining more expert teachers in our classrooms. We have driven efficiency through increasing digital capability both inside and outside of the department, reducing central headcount and removing duplication within programmes.

As we have made clear throughout the pay process, we are also asking schools and colleges to do their part in ensuring that we are driving productivity across all areas of the public sector, ensuring resources are deployed intelligently to maximise support for teaching and learning, freeing up educators to focus on what matters most, which is providing every child with the high quality education they deserve.

Schools will be expected to find approximately the first 1% of pay awards through improved productivity and smarter spending to make every pound count. There will be those who say this cannot be done, but schools have a responsibility, like the rest of the public sector, to ensure that their funding is spent as efficiently as possible.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much money has been saved by reviewing the budget of the Department for Education.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department has made some tough decisions to ensure every pound of taxpayers’ money is driving high and rising standards for our children. By ending tax breaks for private schools, and undertaking a robust line-by-line budget review to identify poor value for money spend, we are able to deliver this investment in recruiting and retaining more expert teachers in our classrooms. We have driven efficiency through increasing digital capability both inside and outside of the department, reducing central headcount and removing duplication within programmes.

As we have made clear throughout the pay process, we are also asking schools and colleges to do their part in ensuring that we are driving productivity across all areas of the public sector, ensuring resources are deployed intelligently to maximise support for teaching and learning, freeing up educators to focus on what matters most, which is providing every child with the high quality education they deserve.

Schools will be expected to find approximately the first 1% of pay awards through improved productivity and smarter spending to make every pound count. There will be those who say this cannot be done, but schools have a responsibility, like the rest of the public sector, to ensure that their funding is spent as efficiently as possible.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue has been raised since introducing VAT on private schools on 1 January; and what has this revenue has been spent on or is planned to be spent on to date.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

At the Budget in October, the Government set out its estimate that this measure will raise £460 million in VAT revenue in 2024/25, rising to £1,725 million in 2029/30.

Ending tax breaks for private schools will secure additional funding to help the Government deliver its commitments relating to education and young people.

DfE’s 2028-29 settlement includes £101.5 billion of day-to-day spending, a 1.4% average annual real-terms increase from 2023-24 to 2028-29

This includes an additional £4.7 billion cash increase per year for schools by 2028-29 (compared to 2025-26), increasing per pupil funding in real terms to a new record high.

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Found: Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding how strengthening the role of education in multi-agency

Apprenticeships APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Euan Stainbank MP asked for confirmation that the amendment tabled by Baroness Barran is “just a stay

Fire Safety and Rescue APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Answered by Baroness Barran: “The Department takes fire safety in schools very seriously.

Young Carers and Young Adult Carers APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Dame Rachel will raise with Children’s Minister Claire Coutinho, Nick Gibb, Baroness Barran and Gillian

Apprenticeships APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Education (IfATE), Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Minister for Apprenticeships and Lifelong Learning, and Baroness Barran

Found: This letter is copied to Baroness Barran and we will be placing a copy in the House Library.