Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Wallasey constituency that will receive a reduction in (i) cash and (ii) per pupil funding in each of the next five years.

In 2018/19, all schools in Wallasey attracted more cash funding through the national funding formula, both in total and per pupil, compared to their 2017/18 baselines. Final decisions on individual schools’ budgets are taken by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, based on the local funding formula.

In 2019/20, no school will attract reduced cash funding per pupil through the national funding formula. Given that funding follows the pupil, individual schools may attract less funding in total if the number of pupils on roll decreases. The Department will publish notional funding formula allocations for 2019/20 later this year after updating calculations using the latest autumn census data.

Funding after 2019/20 will depend on the outcomes of the next Spending Review.