Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish data on the number of Pupil Premium pupils taking part in the National Tutoring Programme in the 2022-23 academic year.

The Department established the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in summer 2020 to support disadvantaged pupils. Nearly three million tutoring courses have started through the programme so far, providing pupils across England with tutoring.

The Department collects data from schools via the termly school census on the amount of tutoring they have provided for each pupil. This data includes uptake by pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM). The Department uses FSM eligibility as a proxy for Pupil Premium, as Pupil Premium is not captured on the school census.

This data has been made available on GOV.UK at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/national-tutoring-programme/2021-22.

The Department will publish further information on Thursday 20 April 2023. This will include an update to the early 2022/23 academic year statistics and include a breakdown by FSM.

The Department will publish data from the spring and summer term school censuses for the 2022/23 academic year in due course.