Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Comptroller and Auditor General and the National Audit Office on the value for money of spending on the National Tutoring programme.

The department has commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research to conduct an independent evaluation of the programme’s process and impact.

Findings about last year’s programme will be published in summer 2022.

Interim findings about the current year will be shared with the department throughout this academic year to inform policy making, with final reports published in 2023.