Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ukrainian refugee children have been offered school places in Poplar and Limehouse constituency since February 2022; and how much funding has been allocated to the local authority of Tower Hamlets for the provision of those school places.

The Department does not normally collect data on the nationality of children admitted to schools. A monthly survey of school placements for children from outside the UK was conducted between May and September 2022 to obtain better data on school place pressures. The results of this can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk.

Across this time period, Tower Hamlets Council reported 117 applications from Ukrainian refugees for primary placements, and 50 for secondary.

The Department provided additional funding to the local authorities for arrivals under the Homes for Ukraine visa scheme in 2022/2023. Tower Hamlets Council has received £133,067.50 to date through this grant and allocations are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-education-and-childcare-funding. In 2023/2024, Local Authorities will be funded in the normal way. All primary and secondary children on roll at the October 2022 pupil census will attract funding through the National Funding Formula.