Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding his Department provides to schools with child refugees and pupils with English as a second language in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and Humber.

The national funding formula will allocate £404 million across England and £32 million to Yorkshire and the Humber to support children with English as an additional language. These figures are based on the formula being implemented in full based on 2017-18 data.

The Department does not provide additional funding to schools specifically for child refugees. However, schools attract funding through the pupil premium if a child refugee is looked after by a local authority, or through the national funding formula if the child is classed as having English as an additional language (as outlined above) or other additional needs such as low prior attainment.

Schools receive £1,900 through the pupil premium for every child attending their school who is looked after by a local authority.