Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on increasing the level of funding available for children’s services in the forthcoming Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and I regularly meet our ministerial colleagues from HM Treasury and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss children’s services including funding.
As part of our preparation for the Spending Review, our departments are working together to assess the level of funding local government needs to meet demand and deliver its statutory duties.