Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities to encourage them to mirror the protections in the national funding formula by setting the Minimum Funding Guarantee in their local formula at a level up to +0.5 per cent.

What the national formula allocates to local authorities for every school in the country, as well as the notional allocations for 2018/19, have been published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs.

Many local councils have decided to replicate the national funding formula locally, and the Department supports this. The Government recognises that for some a more tailored local formula is appropriate, for instance, if there are local changes in characteristics, rapid growth in pupil numbers or the need to invest more in pupils with special educational needs or disabilities.