Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Kawczynski and Maria Caulfield

Monday 6th February 2017 Commons Chamber

[Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con)]

8. What progress the Government are making on ensuring that school funding is fairly distributed in rural areas.

[Maria Caulfield (Lewes) (Con)]

16. What support the Government plan to provide for small rural schools as a result of the proposed national funding formula.

[The Minister for School Standards (Mr Nick Gibb)]

Under the proposed formula, small rural schools will gain an average of 1.3% in funding, on the basis of the illustrative figures. We have also confirmed that the national funding formula will include a sparsity factor. That will particularly target funding on small and remote schools, which we know play an important role in our local communities. On average, small schools serving such communities would gain 3.3%, and small primary schools 5.3%.