ICT and Mathematics: Education

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2017, table 2.1, line 32, how much of the (a) £30 million in 2018-19 and (b) £50 million in 2019-20 will be spent on each policy listed in paragraphs 4.24 and 4.25.


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Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 28th November 2017

The £30 million of funding in 2018-19 and £50 million of funding in 2019-20 in table 2.1 includes the costs in 2018-19 and 2019-20 for the below measures.

  • £13 million in 2018-19 and £21 million in 2019-20 to upskill computer science teachers and set up a National Centre for Computing Education
  • £6 million in 2018-19 and £6 million in 2019-20 to expand the Teaching for Mastery of Mathematics programme
  • £7.2 million in 2018-19 and £6.5 million in 2019-20 for Further Education Centres of Excellence
  • £3 million in 2019-20 for more specialist maths schools
  • £5 million in 2019-20 to provide £600 for every pupil who decides to take Maths or Further Maths A levels or Core Maths

The figures in table 2.1 includes the Barnett consequential for these measures, which is provided to the Devolved Administrations.

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