Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding for each (a) primary age and (b) secondary age pupil in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Yorkshire and the Humber in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19.

We have announced the per pupil funding rates for 2016-17. They can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017

Per pupil funding rates for the specified areas in 2016-17 are as follows:

We protected the schools budget in the last Parliament and we have met our manifesto commitment to protect the core schools budget throughout this Parliament. This means that as pupil numbers rise, so will the amount of money available for our schools. The Government is committed to going even further to make school funding fairer. At the Spending Review we announced our intention to introduce a national funding formula, so that the money we provide for schools is fairly matched to need. As we develop our plans, we will consider the effect of the formula on all schools and make sure change is introduced at a pace that is manageable for the sector. We will set out our detailed proposals and consult extensively later this year.