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National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Government Operations
Graham Stuart Brady (Conservative, Centre-right): I warmly welcome the statement. May I urge my right hon. Friend not to move from the very clear timetable she has set out for the formula’s implementation? It is very keenly anticipated and looked forward to by underfunded local authorities, such as mine in Trafford.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I have set out a very clear timetable today. In spite of the fact that the Labour party clearly has no interest in having fair funding or funding that goes to the most disadvantaged children—the children who need to catch up—we will press on with this process.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman and I share a deep interest in technical education and a passion for improving it. As he will know, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills is looking at how to implement a skills strategy that will make sure that our technical education system is at the same gold standard level that we are steadily ensuring our education system is reaching. We have protected per pupil core funding post-16, but we want to look at how to make sure that further education improves its attainment levels in the way that has happened across the broader schools system.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
John Alan Redwood (Conservative, Centre-right): West Berkshire and Wokingham education authorities, which serve my constituency, are among those worst funded. They are finding it very difficult to keep their excellent education and their current teacher workforces going. We therefore welcome the statement. Will there be any transitional relief for 2017-18, because our financial need exists now?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend will know that the previous year’s transitional relief has been carried over to the forthcoming year. Beyond that, I am now setting out the steps we will take to make funding fairer. This is important, and despite the debate that will no doubt be kicked off on the back of this consultation, we just cannot accept a situation in which a similar child with similar needs has such a difference in funding put into their education and their school for no other reason than that they are in different places. This simply cannot and should not be accepted, which is why we are setting out our solution today.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I can reassure the hon. Lady that under the formula, London will continue to be well funded. Despite the percentage of children eligible for free school meals in London having fallen from 28% to 17% over the last 10 years, London still has some of the most deprived parts of our country. The funding formula will ensure that London still receives some of the best funding of any region for its schools. That is happening because it is appropriate, but what we cannot accept is areas in other parts of the country that have similar challenges of deprivation and, additionally, low prior attainment not being funded for no other reason than that they are not London. It is time to ensure that we have a fair approach, but it is a fair approach for London too.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justin Paul Tomlinson (Conservative, Centre-right): I wholeheartedly support this announcement. For too long, Swindon’s children have been short-changed by Labour’s hopeless funding formula. Change cannot come soon enough. I urge the Secretary of State to explore options on private finance initiative schemes, which are frustrating improvement plans in many of my local schools.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): That issue was raised in response to the phase 1 consultation, so we will ensure that the formula reflects the fact that there are PFI commitments that will continue in real terms. I have no doubt that that will be good news for my hon. Friend’s local area. Obviously, we do not want to perpetuate those schemes when they have steadily run down, but it is important to reflect the reality of those cost pressures on schools that are in that position.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Gentleman points out, in addition to the core base amount of funding, there is roughly a further 25% that is uplifted in relation to deprivation, additional needs and locational needs. Although mobility was not one of the original factors in the phase 1 consultation—in other words, this is the challenge that some schools and local areas face when children arrive during the year, as opposed to growth, which relates to steady demographic change and sometimes an influx between years—we recognised that it was important to reflect it in the formula. We have looked at the cost pressures that we think relate to mobility. We will initially base the 2018-19 formula on historical levels, because that is the one evidence base we have, but we will consider what is a sensible way to look at mobility going forward.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Government Operations
Mark James Harper (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the statement. Gloucestershire County Council has been a poorly funded local authority, so this will be welcomed in my county. I welcome the fact that sparsity will be taken into account, which is important in rural constituencies like mine. Will the Secretary of State confirm that, based on the timetable she has set out, with the final position being reached in 2019-20, we will have delivered on our manifesto commitment to deliver fair funding in this Parliament?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I believe we will have done so. We will have brought in a formula that works more effectively and we will have transitioned it in appropriately. I believe that it will be a big step forward, particularly for schools that have been so underfunded for so long.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman sets out some of the challenges that we continue to face in our education system. That is precisely why the national funding formula makes sure that resources go to schools that are in more disadvantaged areas and those that have cohorts of young people and children who are starting from furthest behind. That is not only the sensible approach; it is the right thing to do for those children and schools. For too long, that has not been built into the school funding formula. That is what we are trying to resolve today. This is the second stage of the consultation. There are 14 weeks for everyone to look at whether the way in which we have blended the different criteria is right. I think that it is In addition to what we are announcing today, the hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have launched six opportunity areas to look at how we can ensure that we have excellent education in those parts of the country where we still have not seen enough improvement.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Gary Nicholas Streeter (Conservative, Centre-right): Both Plymouth and Coventry were bombed heavily during world war two, have areas of deprivation and have similar demographics. Does my right hon. Friend therefore agree that the discrepancy of £500 per pupil per year simply cannot be justified? Her statement will be warmly welcomed. May I ask for maximum clarity at the earliest opportunity on what schools in my constituency will get in 2018 to help them prepare for the September 2017 budget, which is likely to be challenging?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): After the statement, we will publish a lot of detail in relation to individual schools. We will take the draft final formula and apply it to individual schools’ budgets, so all Members will be able to look at all the schools in their constituency and see, notionally and illustratively, how the formula will operate. Of course, when the funding formula comes in, it will apply against the up-to-date pupil numbers and pupil data, but we want to be very clear with the House about how it will work on the ground. I encourage all Members to look at the data for their own communities. They show that although no school will get exactly the same under the new formula as it has had in the past, it will be much fairer.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. We have seen year-on-year improvements in our education system. As one of my predecessors said on the "Today" programme earlier this week, it is important that we continue the reforms we have already got under way. That is precisely what we will be doing.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much welcome today’s statement on behalf of schools in my Kent constituency, which are significantly underfunded and disadvantaged by the current formula. I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to a rapid introduction of the new formula. In the meantime, will she consider seriously whether there is any possibility of interim funding for schools until the new formula is introduced?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Macroeconomics
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): As I said in reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), the additional uplift that was provided last year will continue into the forthcoming year, after which we will introduce the national funding formula in 2018-19. Today, we are coming forward with a fundamental solution to a long-term problem that has been building up not just over the last decade, but for 20 years—some people would argue it has been 30 years in the making. Now is the time, finally, that we sort this out.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The formula includes an area cost adjustment. It will be based on a hybrid measure that will look at not only general labour market costs but those relating to teachers, reflecting consultation feedback. It is also one reason why expensive parts of the country such as London will continue to be well funded, even under this formula.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Julian Carlton Knight (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I welcome both the substance and the tone of the statement. Schools in Solihull receive £1,300 a year less per pupil than those in nearby Birmingham. As a result, we lose teachers to Birmingham. Will the Secretary of State assure me that at least some of that unfairness will be addressed during this Parliament?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Macroeconomics
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I have set out the timelines for the roll-out of this national funding formula. My hon. Friend sets out some of the by-products of the current unfair situation. That is another reason why it is important that we address that situation.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): Again, there is a lot of rhetoric, but in the end the right hon. Gentleman does not seem to have listened to my statement, which was very clear that this funding formula absolutely reflects issues of deprivation and lower prior attainment, as well as local cost issues. It is a step forward in making sure that we have a much fairer approach than in the past. I do not think he would be able to justify the current situation to many parents who simply cannot understand why their children get less funding than other children purely because of where they grow up.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Simon James Hoare (Conservative, Centre-right): Earlier this year, I held a roundtable for all the headteachers of primary and secondary schools across North Dorset. One big issue they raised was the recruitment and retention of staff in a rural area where living and other costs are higher, and all the rest of it. This announcement is very welcome. The sparsity quota that my right hon. Friend has referred to will be warmly welcomed by those headteachers. On their behalf, may I simply say, "Thank you"?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful for that. As my hon. Friend points out, it is important that the formula reflects the very different challenges that schools face in very different situations and parts of our country. That is why the sparsity factor matters.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Lady should welcome the formula, because at the moment the flow of money into our schools is unfair. For a community such as hers, our proposed architecture for the national funding formula will make sure principally that funding is fair and there is an equal amount for children in primary and in secondary; then our main drivers of additional funding will be deprivation—as I said, £5 billion a year for that—and low prior attainment. That is the right way to structure the formula. Although we have seen progress in many schools in many parts of our country, we now need to make absolutely sure that resources flow towards those areas that need to lift.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister for schools was kind enough to meet me recently to discuss funding for schools in Wealden and East Sussex, and I am very grateful for that. My pupil funding is just £4,433.58. My small rural schools face severe challenges because of their small size and location, and a heavy weighting for sparsity in the formula is therefore vital if we are to ensure that Wealden’s superb schools can carry on providing a brilliant education.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When we looked at the national funding formula mechanism, we saw that some local authorities do not use the sparsity factor. Our sparsity factor will go to all schools that should get additional support. That is why the formula should be welcomed.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
James Michael Ellwood Berry (Conservative, Centre-right): Under the current funding formula, Kingston schools are the third worst funded in London, receiving £2,400 per pupil per year less than Tower Hamlets, which is just 14 miles away. Having campaigned for changes and for fairer funding with teachers, parents and councillors, I look forward to responding to the phase 2 consultation. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the mobility factor that I and other London MPs called for recognises the very real pressure that London and other urban and suburban schools face from children joining mid-term in large numbers?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I think it can. Obviously, my hon. Friend will want to look at the detail in the consultation, but under this formula we will put £23 million into supporting children who move in-year and their schools. As a London MP, I know that has been an issue for some London schools. But it is not just an issue for London; there was a general response to the phase 1 consultation document saying that we needed to put the issue into the phase 2 consultation and that it should be made part of the formula. That is why we have done so.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I make two points. In spite of the need to reduce the deficit over time, which the Government have set about doing, we have protected the core schools budget in real terms. In addition, I recognise that there is a need to reduce the year-on-year reductions schools faced, so those will be no more than 1.5%. Indeed, the overall reduction for any per-pupil amount will be no more than 3%. I hope the right hon. Gentleman will welcome that.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): Following on from that point, there is a similar fair funding formula in the health service, but Wellingborough is always at the bottom. It never catches up because we are not prepared to reduce the money that the best funded get. I am slightly worried that my right hon. Friend’s answer suggests that that sort of thing will creep into the school system. Are we actually ever going to move to the formula—are schools actually going to get the cash that the formula says they will?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): In the transition year, some schools that are so far behind as to be eligible will get 3%; those schools that are even further behind under the fair formula will get a further 2.5% the following year, when the formula operates in full and properly. My hon. Friend is right to flag up the issue. It is important that the schools that have been underfunded see those gains coming through. That is what we are proposing.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): I am not sure whether the hon. Lady supports the living wage, but the Government think that it is important. We also think a further two things, however: first, it is important to introduce this national funding formula—I hope that MPs can support it as a mechanism to make sure that the funding flowing into schools is delivered fairly—and secondly, it will ensure that children growing up in deprived areas see additional funding. I hope that she will reflect on that. In addition, wherever they grow up—whether or not in a deprived community—children who need to catch up will receive additional funding through this formula.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
James Roger Cartlidge (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. One group we must not overlook is parents. In my constituency, parents work hard and often tell me, "I’m paying the same rate of tax as people in other areas. Why am I getting so much less money for my children in the state school system?" I urge her, when she gets the backlash from the more generously funded areas, to stand fast, particularly on support for rural schools, and to deliver this in full and in practice.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady can look at the details for her own constituency once all the data are published, but I hope she will reflect on what I said earlier: we have designed the formula to ensure that the funding follows children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Indeed, we did not just consider the formal deprivation factors that many local authorities have; some local authorities, where virtually all the children are from deprived backgrounds, do not necessarily have a formal factor that reflects that, but nevertheless we tried to capture the hidden funding flowing through to help deprived children as part of the deprived factor.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Michael Louis David Fabricant (Conservative, Centre-right): For decades, Staffordshire has languished 15 places from the bottom on funding. I have heard this all before, from Tony Blair and the unelected Prime Minister—as the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) so charmingly put it—Gordon Brown, so I thank my right hon. Friend for coming up with a firm date for these reforms. Will she assure me that the children of Staffordshire will no longer be disadvantaged?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): We heard terrible scaremongering and numbers from the NUT that proved to be incorrect. It said that some schools would lose 10% under this funding formula, but, as I have set out, that is absolutely not the case. I would encourage the hon. Lady, like all Members, to look at the data for her own constituency. We will be publishing a lot of data once this statement is done, as is customary, because we want to be clear. This is a big step forward for schools funding and it is important that we are clear with people about the implications for their schools. That is what we have done.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Andrew William Murrison (Conservative, Centre-right): I particularly welcome the Secretary of State’s reference in her statement to sparsity and mobility. It is great news for constituencies such as mine. Does she agree that one of the most mobile pupil populations are the children of our armed forces families? How will she promote the pupil premium that we introduced in 2011 in the funding formula?
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The pupil premium is largely unaffected, but as my hon. Friend points out, there is now an element to ensure that the children of forces families are not disadvantaged when, as often happens, people get posted to different places and their children have to switch schools. That was one reason we were keen to handle the mobility issue carefully within the funding formula.
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs — House of Commons, 2016-12-14
Topic: Education
Justine Greening (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady raises a number of issues. On local authorities and school improvement, we have launched a strategic school improvement fund to ensure school improvement, particularly in those parts of the country where schools have made less progress than we would have wanted. In relation to high needs, as I set out, no local areas will see a reduction in their funding, but areas that have been most underfunded will see 3% gains over 2018-19 and 2019-20, which I hope she will welcome.