Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the implications for school budgets of an increase in staff salaries of more than one per cent.

We will publish evidence on the affordability of increases to teachers' pay as part of the department’s input to the School Teachers’ Review Body consideration on teachers’ pay for 2018/19.

In July 2017 we announced an additional £1.3bn for schools and high needs across 2018-19 and 2019-20, in addition to the schools budget set at Spending Review 2015. This means funding per pupil for schools and high needs will be maintained in real terms for the next two years. And following our announcement in September 2017, for the first time, under the national funding formula, school funding will be distributed based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country.

While the way schools are funded is important, it is also vital that schools themselves continue to get the best value from their resources, to improve pupil outcomes and promote social mobility. Alongside our substantial investment, we are committed to helping schools improve their efficiency in order to achieve this.