Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what assessment she has made of the effect on productivity of delivering efficiency savings from her Department's budget.

The government is continuing to improve the public finances in order to create the best conditions for sustainable growth.

The savings for 2015-16 announced on 4 June 2015 are being achieved through further efficiency savings, tighter control of budgets to drive underspends in year, and through asset sales.

No savings will be made from protected schools funding.