Academies: Costs

(asked on 18th March 2016) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.27 of Budget 2016, for what reason the full academisation of schools in England is not included in his Department's Budget 2016 policy costings report; and what costings his Department has related to that policy.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2016

The Budget ensured that the Department for Education is fully funded to support the additional costs of delivering a fully-academised school system.

The additional funding committed to at the Budget is in addition to considerable funding allocated at the Spending Review, supporting further growth in the academies programme.

The policy costings document published at the Budget sets out the assumptions and methodologies underlying costings for tax and AME policy decisions. It does not include DEL spending measures.

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