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Department for Education: Finance

Asked by Saqib BhattiConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 128849

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding has been directed from other departments' budgets to the budget of the Department for Education, as she outlined on the 1st December 2025.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

The usual practice to transfer budgets between government departments is via budget cover transfers (BCTs), which occur twice a financial year through the Estimates process. The most recent Estimates Memo for the department is available here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/52047/documents/288898/default/.

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