Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Ruth Cadbury Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd July 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Glen Portrait John Glen
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I have not personally had any such discussions, but the Exchequer Secretary will have done. We are supporting that business, and many others up and down the country, through the comprehensive industrial strategy that we are rolling out in different sectors.

Ruth Cadbury Portrait Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth) (Lab)
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10. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on changes in the level of funding per pupil in schools since 2010.

Elizabeth Truss Portrait The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss)
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We have protected schools’ budgets in real terms since 2010, and through our reforms to schools and the curriculum children’s results have improved, particularly in reading.

Ruth Cadbury Portrait Ruth Cadbury
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Will the Minister confirm that the additional £1.3 billion announced a year ago does not address the £1.5 billion shortfall in school budgets? So what advice does she have for the 88% of schools in this country facing real-terms budget cuts, despite the new funding formula?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I suggest the hon. Lady reads last week’s edition of Schools Week, which said that the unions had admitted that they had their sums wrong and in fact per-pupil funding was being protected in real terms in 2018-19 and 2019-20.