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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Monday, 8 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Preston

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in the Preston constituency in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to schools in Preston constituency under the National Funding Formula in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.

Answer

Funding for schools is given to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), and local authorities in turn, distribute this money to schools in their area through their own local formulae. The following table outlines the schools block DSG allocations for Lancashire, for the years that this information is available. Schools block allocations are not calculated at constituency level.

Schools block DSG allocations for Lancashire

Schools block unit of funding

Total schools block

2013-14

£4,486

£684.2 million

2014-15

£4,486

£686.6 million

2015-16

£4,479

£692.3 million

2016-17

£4,482

£701.4 million

2017-18

£4,504

£714.7 million

2018-19

£4,533

£727.9 million

Prior to 2013-14, DSG allocations were not split into distinct blocks for schools, high needs and early years, and comparable data is not available.

Since 2018-19, schools block allocations have been calculated through the national funding formula (NFF), based on individual schools’ characteristics. The attached table outlines notional NFF allocations for schools in Preston in 2018-19 and 2019-20.

To provide stability for schools, local authorities will continue to be responsible for designing the distribution of funding in their areas in 2018-19 through to 2020-21. Because of this, the actual amount that schools receive may be different from the amount they are attracting through the national funding formula. Local authorities set their local formula in consultation with local schools.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
175953
Session
2017-19
Attachment
175953_National_Funding_Formula_allocations_Presto
Subjects
Finance Schools Preston
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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