Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral contribution on 14 December 2016, Official Report, column 797, whether the commitment to protect the pupil premium at current rates throughout the remainder of the current Parliament means protecting that premium in real terms.

We confirmed at the spending review in November 2015 that the pupil premium would be protected at current rates until 2019-20. This means for each eligible primary school pupil, schools will receive £1,320 and for each eligible secondary school pupil, schools will receive £935. More information can be found in the pupil premium conditions of grant, a published guidance document available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017/pupil-premium-2016-to-2017-conditions-of-grant.