Estimates day debate: Measures to support education recovery
The House of Commons will consider the estimates of public spending by the Department of Education.
The House of Commons will consider the estimates of public spending by the Department of Education.
This briefing summarises 2021-22’s Main Estimates, the way in which Parliament approves the Government’s spending plans for the year.
The Contingencies Fund (No.2) Bill was introduced on Tuesday 9 March 2021, and will have all of its Commons stages on Thursday 11 March 2021.
Research Briefing
Votes to approve the Supplementary Estimates for 2020/21 have been scheduled for 10 March 2011. These will cover the Government's revised spending plans for this year.
Debate Pack
There will be an Estimates Day debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 7 July 2020.
Research Briefing
A summary of the process and details of the 2020-21 Main Estimates, the way in which Parliament approves the Government's spending plans.
Research Briefing
Details of the Supplementary Estimates for 2019/20, the Government's revised set of spending plans for each department, which will go before Parliament for approval on 2 March 2020.
Research Briefing
A summary of the process and details of the 2019-20 Main Estimates, the way in which Parliament approves the Government's spending plans.
Debate Pack
On 26 February 2019 there will be an Estimates Day debate on the spending of the Department for Education. The subject for this debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee, following the publication of the 2018-19 Supplementary Estimates on 11 February 2019. The application to the Committee was made by Robert Halfon (Conservative), chair of the Education Select Committee, Meg Hillier (Labour), chair of the Committee of Public Accounts and Layla Moran, member of the Committee of Public Accounts and Liberal Democrat spokesperson on education.
Research Briefing
This briefing looks at the most recent set of the Government's spending plans, the Supplementary Estimates 2018/19, and provides both a summary of their contents and context to help understand them.
Debate Pack
This Debate Pack provides background on Department for Education spending. It covers spending on schools, further and higher education.
Research Briefing
The government gets Parliament's consent to spend money via the annual Estimates process. This note describes the decisions made by government departments when drafting their Estimates, the process that Parliament goes through to scrutinise and approve them, and some possible ways in which the process could be improved.