Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what communications his Department sent out publicising the Coronavirus Workforce Fund to (a) schools and (b) trusts; and what the cost to the public purse was of those communications.
The department promoted the COVID-19 workforce fund through multiple existing channels. This includes GOV.UK and sector emails, as well as relevant party forums and regional delivery teams, to communicate with schools and trusts across England and encourage eligible schools to access the support.
Existing resources were used to support this and therefore it is not possible to estimate the precise cost of the activity.