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Schools and Further Education: Finance

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 93404

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has been made of total cash reserves held by (a) schools and (b) colleges.

Answered by Georgia Gould

In the 2023/24 financial year, reserves in the school system totalled more than £6 billion, and the total value of reserves for the further education college sector was over £1.6 billion.

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