A question on #Schools #Finance tabled by James McMurdock on 16-05-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Schools: Finance
Question ID: 1803747
UIN: 52997
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-16
Asking Member ID: 5361
Asking Member display name: James McMurdock
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Asking Member Twitter reference: James McMurdock
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that school funding increases are in line with (a) energy prices, (b) inflation and (c) staff salaries.
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Date answered: 2025-06-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: The department is providing schools with £615 million in additional funding in the 2025/26 financial year to support them with overall costs, including the costs of the 4% school teacher pay award and the 3.2% local government support staff pay offer in 2...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true