Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the basis was for calculating the allocation of £350 million to the National Tutoring Programme; and how much that sum amounts to per pupil.

The National Tutoring Programme will increase the availability of high-quality tutoring across England, enabling schools to access provision for disadvantaged pupils at a subsidised rate. It will also place high-calibre graduate coaches in the most disadvantaged schools across the country to support pupils to catch up in key subjects. This will be a demand led scheme and we expect schools to have some flexibility in determining eligibility.

As such, it is not currently possible to give a per pupil figure in a way that is meaningful. We will release more about the programme in due course.