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Education: Expenditure

Asked by Dr Luke EvansConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 116602

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential implications for her policies of the report by the IFS entitled Annual report on education spending in England: 2025–26, pub

Answered by Georgia Gould

The department and HM Treasury discuss matters relating to school funding on an ongoing basis. These conversations are supported by government analysis relating to school funding, some of which is in the public domain.

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