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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 March 2017.

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Photo of Fiona Mactaggart Fiona Mactaggart Labour, Slough 12:00, 20 March 2017

The problem with the way in which the Secretary of State and the Minister of State describe the so-called fair funding formula is that they imply that they it provides an amount of money per pupil. In places such as Peterborough and Slough, however, where pupil numbers are increasing fast, we have to educate children for free, because no money arrives for those pupils until a year and a half later. What is the right hon. Lady doing to make sure that in places where the population is growing, schools actually get funding per pupil?