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Schools: Charitable Donations

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 17 January 2025UIN 22474

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the value of charity given to (a) state schools and (b) local communities by independent schools in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

The department does not collect data about the value of charity given to state schools and local communities by private schools. Therefore, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not made an estimate of its value in each of the last five years.

The Independent Schools Council, which represents over 1,400 private schools belonging to an association, publishes an annual report which sets out the support private schools give to schools in the state sector through partnership working and bursaries.

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