We asked how the parent of a child in an academy school could establish whether the school was receiving the minimum per-pupil funding levels that they were promised. The ESFA said that the most accessible source of information was the schools financial benchmarking website, which contains income and expenditure information on every school in the country, along with additional detail on academy accounts.22 We understand, however, that this website combines income figures from a number of different funding streams, and that it is not possible to see whether a school is receiving the minimum per- pupil schools block funding specifically.23 The Department said that it strongly supported transparency and that it was happy to look at whether there were improvements it could make to the financial benchmarking website to make it more helpful.24 16 Qq 70–73 17 C&AG’s Report, para 13 18 Government press release, PM guarantees minimum funding levels for all schools, 30 January 2020 19 C&AG’s Report, para 2.26 20 C&AG’s Report, para 2.29 21 Qq 81–82 22 Q 79 23 Qq 92–93 24 Q 94 School Funding 11 Funding for sixth forms