Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding his Department provides to schools to support students in low income households in (a) North Cornwall constituency and b) London.

The pupil premium grant is given to schools specifically to support disadvantaged pupils to reach their potential. In 2017-18, North Cornwall had 2,822 pupils who were eligible for the pupil premium and schools were allocated £3.2 million. In London, 373,523 pupils were eligible and schools were allocated £437.1 million. The full 2017-18 allocations can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018. Both London and Cornwall received the same amount of funding through the pupil premium for each primary school pupil and for each secondary school pupil.

In addition, the national funding formula allocates additional funding in respect of pupils who are currently eligible for free school meals (FSM), or who have been at any point in the past six years. Each primary school pupil currently eligible for FSM attracts £980 through the formula, and each secondary pupil attracts £1,225. These rates are the same across the country. Further details on the national funding formula can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs.