Local Education Authority Funding Formula (Hansard, 5 July 2001)

HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 cc294-5W 295W

§ 32. Andrew George
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessments she has made of the ability of the local education authority funding formula to reflect need and costs. [904]

§ Mr. Timms
The Government are currently undertaking a review of local government funding. As part of that wider review we are working with local government and schools partners on the proposals for a new LEA and school funding system. We aim to create a simpler, more transparent and fairer formula for distributing education funding to authorities that better reflects the separate responsibilities of LEAs and schools and the needs of their pupils.