Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the expected impact on levels of participation in the National Tutoring Programme of changes in the subsidy rate in academic years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

Since the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) began in 2020, over three million courses have been started. The Government is investing more than £1 billion so that pupils can catch up through accessing high quality tuition.

The Department continues to monitor participation in the NTP in the 2022/23 academic year via the termly school census.

Statistics from the most recent census, which show the position at 19 January, are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/national-tutoring-programme/2022-23. The Department is supplementing data received from schools with insight from stakeholders and the Department’s support desk to understand barriers to delivery faced by schools.

The Department will publish information for schools on arrangements for the programme for the academic year 2023/24 in due course. The Department remains committed to publishing statistics on participation in the programme throughout the next academic year.