Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of a catch-up pupil premium for schools.

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care routinely meets with the Secretary of State for Education to discuss a wide range of cross-cutting issues.

The Government have announced a £1 billion COVID-19 “catch-up” package to directly tackle the impact of lost teaching time. On 19 June the Education Endowment Foundation published a guide to help school leaders and staff decide how to use this universal funding to best support their pupils. Further information is available at the following link:

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/Covid-19_Resources/Covid-19_support_guide_for_schools.pdf