Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the funding per pupil is for state schools in Northern Ireland; and what comparison he has made with such funding in each of the other nations of the UK.

The education of young people is valued very highly across the UK, including in Northern Ireland. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report published on 21 April this year identified spending per pupil across the UK in 2022-23 as follows: England, Wales, and Northern Ireland - approximately £7,200, Scotland - over £8,500.

The report found that spending per pupil in Northern Ireland has grown by 11% in real terms between 2018-19 and 2022-23 after falling for almost a decade.