Lucy Powell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2016-03-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.27 of Budget 2016, for what reason the full academisation of schools in England is not included in his Department’s Budget 2016 policy costings report; and what costings his Department has related to that policy.

Greg Hands

The Budget ensured that the Department for Education is fully funded to support the additional costs of delivering a fully-academised school system.

The additional funding committed to at the Budget is in addition to considerable funding allocated at the Spending Review, supporting further growth in the academies programme.

The policy costings document published at the Budget sets out the assumptions and methodologies underlying costings for tax and AME policy decisions. It does not include DEL spending measures.