Educational Funding

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 5 March 2019.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:11, 5 March 2019

I agree. We certainly want to cut bureaucracy, and I know the Minister—I'd certainly never accuse this Minister of burying her head in the sand and I know she's taking steps to ensure this doesn't happen. We don't want to see duplication, we don't want to see additional bureaucracy. 

Janet Finch-Saunders, in her original question, said that the funding difference was £607 per pupil; that is simply not true. How much an authority sets aside for school budgets is a matter for each authority. And then the schools obviously work with the local authorities to ensure that they have the budget that they require.