Department for Education: Public Expenditure

(asked on 21st July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 17077, on Department for Education, Public Expenditure, if he will publish, with figures to the nearest £10 million, the (a) 11th to 25th-highest areas of cross-departmental programme expenditure to which his Department plans to contribute over the spending review period 2022-23 to 2024-25 and (b) amount of programme expenditure allocated to each area over that period.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 6th September 2022

The ten highest areas of programme expenditure for the 2022/23 financial year are in the table below, to the nearest £10 million, where available.

Ten highest areas of forecast department programme expenditure, 2022/23 financial year

Schools block of the dedicated schools grant

£40,540m

High needs block of the dedicated schools grant

£8,990m

16-19 education and T Levels

£6,480m

Early years block of the dedicated schools grant

£3,730m

Pupil premium

£2,680m

Apprenticeships

£2,580m

Adult education budget

£1,340m

Strategic Priorities Grant

£1,400m

Schools supplementary grant (supporting schools with costs of the Health and Social Care Levy)

£1,200m

Education recovery programmes

£1,200m

Further information requested on contributions to cross-departmental programmes is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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