Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the planned process and timetable for consideration of a national funding formula for schools in England.

We are committed to ending the unfair funding system that means children with the same needs attract different amounts of money simply because of where they live. As we announced at the Spending Review, we intend to do that by introducing a fair national funding formula in 2017. This would be a significant reform, and we will carry out a full formal consultation later this year.