In the three years from 2018–19, the Department gave grants towards teacher pay increases, and to meet the full cost of increased pension contributions. From 2021–22, the Department will incorporate most of this additional funding within the dedicated schools grant instead of giving it as separate grants, which will make the funding less 42 Qq 9–10 43 C&AG’s Report, paras 2.24–2.25 44 Q 18 45 Qq 18–20, 88 46 Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to the School Teachers’ Review Body, 18 September 2019 47 C&AG’s Report, para 1.18 48 SCF0005 National Association of Head Teachers submission, page 4 School Funding 15 transparent.49 The Department told us that the extra money for pay and pensions would be maintained in the short term, but could not give this assurance for future spending review periods.50