Duncan Hames
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(12 years ago)
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Michael Gove
I, too, am an egalitarian, which is why I believe that academy status should be extended to every school that believes in improving outcomes for its children.
Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)
As Wiltshire’s education settlement has historically been underfunded, we look forward to the new school funding formula, but Wiltshire council is concerned that it might have unintended consequences, especially in relation to support for small schools, so will the Minister please meet me to explore any scope for discretion in how the council can go about making those changes?
Mr Laws
I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend to discuss these matters. He will know that in the past couple of weeks the Government have made two announcements to try to ease concerns in this area: first, we have committed to reviewing the funding formula for 2014-15; and secondly, we have promised to continue the minimum funding guarantee beyond 2015.