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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2022
Free School Meals and Child Poverty

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2022
Free School Meals and Child Poverty

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare Costs

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jan 2022
Careers Guidance in Schools

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Written Question
Schools: Finance
Wednesday 4th March 2020

Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have (a) been granted permission to move (i) up to 0.5 per cent, (ii) between 0.51 and 1 per cent and (iii) over 1 per cent of schools block funding to high needs block funding, (b) been denied permission to move schools block funding to high needs block funding and (c) made a request to move schools block funding to high needs block funding but no decision has yet been made; and what criteria his Department uses to determine those requests.

Answered by Nick Gibb

In total, 25 local authorities submitted a request to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, to move schools block funding to high needs block funding. All schools block movement requests are reviewed against the criteria set out in paragraphs 261-286 of the ‘Schools revenue funding operational guide: 2020 to 2021’, which is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2020-to-2021.

Of these 25 requests, the following were granted permission to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block:

  • no requests to move up to 0.50%;
  • one request, from Kent County Council, to move between 0.51% and 1%; and
  • two requests, from Rotherham and South Gloucestershire local authorities, to move 1%.

The remaining 22 requests to move funding away from the schools block were denied.

All decisions have been made as advised in Table A.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 27 Feb 2020
School Admissions Process

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 27 Feb 2020
School Admissions Process

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