Schools: Funding

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts

Tuesday 22nd March 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

The answer to the first point is that the contribution will be massive efficiency savings as schools collaborating in groups will be able to hire much higher calibre financial people and make purchasing savings. We are not getting rid of parent governors; we are merely saying that governors do not have to be parents. Schools can have as many parent governors as they need. We will also ensure that schools engage with parents on a much more consistent and effective basis than having the odd parent governor if they want it.

[Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)]

My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that the historic underfunding of counties such as North Yorkshire will be rectified by having regard to rural depravity, isolation and rurality factors?

[Lord Nash]

We are intent on rectifying these issues, but I think that the noble Baroness will have to wait for more detail in the second stage of the consultation.