Department for Education

Part of Estimates Day – in the House of Commons at 2:53 pm on 3 July 2018.

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Photo of Tan Dhesi Tan Dhesi Labour, Slough 2:53, 3 July 2018

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that in the last two years, funding per pupil fell by just over 4%, at a time when other costs have increased. The recent reallocation to school funding from other budgets still leaves schools in my constituency worse off by more than £300 per pupil, something about which a great many parents and teachers have written to me in recent weeks. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that we need to see new funding, so that our schools can improve standards and our pupils can reach their full potential?