Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timetable has been set by her Department for the Government's response to the consultation on the new national funding formula.

We will publish our response to the first stage of our consultation on a national funding formula for schools and for pupils with high needs later this year. At the same time we will put forward our detailed proposals on the design of the formula, and illustrate how this affects individual areas and schools. Following the full consultation, we will make final decisions and confirm arrangements in the new year. The new system will be in place from April 2018.