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School Buildings (Alnwick)

Northumberland has both those problems. It has high levels of deprivation, particularly in the south-eastern corner, and as sparse a rural distribution as is possible over the rest of the county. The funding system seems to work in such a way that the county qualifies as neither one nor the other. It does not get the maximum benefit from the funding formula that it would get if it consisted of entirely the one problem or the other. I hope that the Minister will address that point.