Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received representations from (a) the Catholic Education Service and (b) dioceses on the decision to end trust (i) capacity funding and (ii) establishment and growth and academy conversion payments.

Ministers and departmental officials have regular discussions with the Catholic Education Service (CES) and with dioceses. Departmental officials met the CES this month and they discussed the announcement to end the voluntary converter grant from 1 January 2025 and the Trust Capacity Fund, and the implications for Catholic schools.