questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from Susan Acland-Hood to the Chair of the Education Select Committee on National Funding Formula Update, published on 6 October 2023, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) school leaders' representatives on the potential impact of revision to the sums allocated under the national funding formula on schools' budget planning for the next academic year; if she will make it her policy to ensure that each school is allocated at least the same value of funding as announced in July 2023; and if she will make a statement.
answerText: The Department informed Local Authorities and academy trusts of the republished National Funding Formula (NFF) on 6 October 2023, alongside the publication of the corrected NFF allocations.The Permanent Secretary has taken full responsibility for the erro...
heading: Schools: Finance