Nurseries and Schools: West Midlands
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out planned funding allocations for (a) nurseries, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools in Birmingham and Solihull broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency for each year for which figures are available.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
Core funding allocations for nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools are distributed through the dedicated schools grant (DSG).
Annual DSG allocations are published at local authority level. Allocations are not available by constituency, since local authorities are responsible for distributing the funding they receive locally through their own local formulae.
For mainstream schools, the DSG allocations show the total amount of funding each local authority receives. This is also split down into its constituent parts: per pupil funding for primary and secondary pupils respectively, premises funding, and growth funding.
For early years, the DSG allocations show the total amount of funding each local authority receives through the early years block. The early years block comprises of funding for each of the early years entitlements, as well as additional funding for early years pupil premium, disability access fund and maintained nursery school supplementary funding. The early years block comprises of funding for each of the early years entitlements, as well as additional funding for early years pupil premium, disability access fund and maintained nursery school supplementary funding. Early years allocations for the government funded entitlements are based on an hourly rate and the number of children taking up the entitlements. The hourly rates each local authority receives are calculated using the early years national funding formulae and are published annually. Further details on early years funding rates for 2025/26 financial year can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2025-to-2026.
The early years budget is demand led, and the early years block allocations in the DSG are adjusted based on census and headcount data according to the take-up of the entitlement hours.
The DSG publications for each year going back to 2020 can be found at the following addresses:
2025/26:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2025-to-2026.
2024/25:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2024-to-2025.
2023/24:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2023-to-2024.
2022/23:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2022-to-2023.
2021/22:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2021-to-2022.
2020/21:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2020-to-2021.
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