Oral Answers to Questions

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts

Monday 25th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Nick Gibb]

The right hon. Gentleman makes some interesting points and I will take advice on his suggestions, but I must say that we have guaranteed the pupil premium to the end of this Parliament: it is over £1,300 for every pupil eligible for free school meals attending a primary school, and nearly £1,000 for every disadvantaged child attending a secondary school.

[Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)]

Does the Minister agree that there is nothing morally superior about maintaining a blatantly unfair existing system, and is it not fair and reasonable therefore to target increases in school funding on schools, such as those in Worcestershire, that have been relatively underfunded for decades?

[Nick Gibb]

This Government have grasped the nettle and are introducing a fairer, more transparent funding system, which the previous Labour Government shied away from.