§ Lord Roganasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made in reducing any disparity of funding between primary schools and post-primary schools in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland since the second report of the 14WA House of Commons Education Committee 1993–94; and whether they have any plans to provide equality of funding for the primary school children of Northern Ireland. [HL48]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandLocal education authorities in England and Wales are reponsible for determining the balance of funding between primary and post-primary schools. Provisional outturn data for 2000–01 indicate that the per pupil differential in England was 1: 1.24 compared with 1: 1.38 in 1993–94. The position in Northern Ireland is a matter for my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.