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Sarah Teather, the children and families minister, has announced that funding for the pupil premium will double to £1.25bn.  The funding for the pupil premium – a policy devised by the Lib Dems which gives extra money to schools for each pupil eligible for free school meals. It will double from £625m to £1.25bn in 2012-13. The rise is part of the coalition's overall plan to increase the funding pot for the pupil premium to £2.5bn by 2014-15. Pupil premium could be extended to include any pupil who has been eligible for free school meals in one of the past three years, covering 21% of pupils, or any pupil eligible in one of the past six years, covering 24%. This would widen the scope of the premium and reduce the pressure on many schools' budgets. But that also means the extra funding will not be targeted exclusively at the most disadvantaged.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/sep/18/sarah-teather-doubling-pupil-premium