Education

Vicky Ford Excerpts

Tuesday 6th July 2021 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the Opposition day debate on 15 June 2021.

[Vicky Ford]

Many Members have spoken of the record funding that is going into our schools, and before this virus hit, we committed to the biggest school funding boost in over a decade. That means that the whole schools budget will be over £52 billion this year.

[Official Report, 15 June 2021, Vol. 697, c. 180.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford).

An error has been identified in my response to the debate.

The correct response should have been:

[Vicky Ford]

Many Members have spoken of the record funding that is going into our schools, and before this virus hit, we committed to the biggest school funding boost in over a decade. That means that the whole schools budget will be over £52 billion in 2022-23.