Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department allocated to Enfield Council through the Financial Transparency in Local Authority Maintained Schools Grant in each of the last ten years in real terms.

In the 2021/22 financial year, Enfield was given £3,547.68 through the Financial Transparency in Local Authority Maintained Schools Grant. This was the first time that the grant was distributed. In 2022/23 this grant, totalling £772,000, distributed across 150 Local Authorities, was consolidated into the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities’ local government settlement, alongside other similar grants to Local Authorities.