PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Schools: Finance (20 March 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have made an application to his Department to move funds from the schools block to the high needs block in 2018-19.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

Answer

For the funding year 2018/19, the Department received 44 requests from local authorities to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block. A number of these requests were subsequently withdrawn by the local authorities and decisions were made on 27 requests. The list below details the 27 local authorities who have made this request and the outcome of each decision.

Local Authority

Outcome

Barnsley

Full request not allowed, partial approval provided

Bath and North East Somerset

Not allowed

Bolton

Allowed

Bournemouth

Revised request allowed

Bristol

Allowed

Bromley

Allowed

Derby

Not allowed

Dorset

Not allowed

Hackney

Not allowed

Hammersmith and Fulham

Not allowed

Hartlepool

Allowed

Hillingdon

Not allowed

Kingston upon Hull

Not allowed

Kingston upon Thames

Full request not allowed, partial approval provided

Lambeth

Not allowed

Middlesbrough

Allowed

North Somerset

Allowed

Northumberland

Allowed

Oldham

Revised request allowed

Poole

Allowed

Rotherham

Not allowed

South Gloucestershire

Allowed

Southwark

Allowed

Thurrock

Allowed

Trafford

Allowed

West Sussex

Allowed

Wokingham

Not allowed


Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
26 March 2018

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