§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was (i) the actual spending per pupil in each local education authority and (ii) the education standard spending assessment per pupil in(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) total in 1996–97. [2758]
§ Mr. Robin SquireActual spending per pupil for 1996–97 will not be known until the year has ended. The following table shows the 1996–97 education standard spending assessment per pupil in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority, and (c) the England averages.
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LEA Primary SSA per pupil 1996–97 £ Secondary SSA per pupil 1996–97 £ Barking and Dagenham 2,273 3,057 Barnet 2,203 2,897 Barnsley 1,955 2,617 Bath and North East Somerset 1,880 2,462 Bedfordshire 2,057 2,750 Berkshire 2,047 2,733 Bexley 2,124 2,831 Birmingham 2,173 2,907 Bolton 1,958 2,603 Bradford 2,070 2,777 Brent 2,554 3,504 Bromley 2,074 2,744 Buckinghamshire 2,021 2,715 Bury 1,909 2,517 Calderdale 1,986 2,650 Cambridgeshire 1,962 2,615 Camden 2,841 3,596 Cheshire 1,903 2,529 City of Bristol 2,011 2,759 City of Kingston upon Hull 2,080 2,789 City of London 2,736 7,422 Cornwall 1,984 2,644 Coventry 2,049 2,731 Croydon 2,277 3,089 Cumbria 1,957 2,598 Derbyshire 1,911 2,555 Devon 1,958 2,609 Doncaster 2,039 2,719 Dorset 1,909 2,536 Dudley 1,896 2,526 Durham 1,983 2,649 Ealing 2,378 3,246 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,890 2,517 East Sussex 2,043 2,728 Enfield 2,289 3,034 Essex 2,055 2,749 Gateshead 2,006 2,691 Gloucestershire 1,912 2,542 Greenwich 2,716 3,620 Hackney 2,991 4,207 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,808 3,701 Hampshire 1,989 2,657 Haringey 2,631 3,599 Harrow 2,194 2,951 Hartlepool 2,010 2,673 Havering 2,104 2,816 Hereford and Worcester 1,914 2,556 Hertfordshire 2,074 2,754 Hillingdon 2,195 2,930 Hounslow 2,341 3,072 Isle of Wight Council 2,070 2,755 Isles of Scilly 3,574 4,794 Islington 2,865 3,889
LEA Primary SSA per pupil 1996–97 £ Secondary SSA per pupil 1996–97 £ Kensington and Chelsea 2,628 3,605 Kent 2,032 2,714 Kingston upon Thames 2,108 2,787 Kirklees 1,971 2,637 Knowsley 2,231 3,055 Lambeth 3,024 4,431 Lancashire 1,964 2,616 Leeds 1,947 2,597 Leicestershire 1,954 2,601 Lewisham 2,803 3,769 Lincolnshire 1,969 2,630 Liverpool 2,203 2,924 Manchester 2,320 3,141 Merton 2,216 2,948 Middlesbrough 2,109 2,859 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,104 2,793 Newham 2,620 3,490 Norfolk 1,971 2,630 North East Lincolnshire 1,982 2,638 North Lincolnshire 1,965 2,595 North Somerset 1,863 2,462 North Tyneside 1,946 2,620 North Yorkshire 1,940 2,560 Northamptonshire 1,927 2,568 Northumberland 1,935 2,582 Nottinghamshire 1,973 2,630 Oldham 2,008 2,646 Oxfordshire 1,985 2,625 Redbridge 2,241 2,970 Redcar and Cleveland 2,042 2,698 Richmond upon Thames 2,040 2,660 Rochdale 2,017 2,711 Rotherham 1,978 2,609 Salford 2,047 2,747 Sandwell 2,051 2,734 Sefton 1,955 2,590 Sheffield 1,996 2,679 Shropshire 1,952 2,596 Solihull 1,872 2,468 Somerset 1,933 2,580 South Gloucestershire 1,834 2,442 South Tyneside 2,012 2,681 Southwark 2,926 3,933 St. Helens 1,945 2,609 Staffordshire 1,894 2,520 Stockport 1,863 2,482 Stockton on Tees 1,981 2,622 Suffolk 1,901 2,538 Sunderland 2,001 2,673 Surrey 2,040 2,723 Sutton 2,162 2,829 Tameside 1,908 2,530 Tower Hamlets 3,052 4,051 Trafford 1,905 2,518 Wakefield 1,910 2,536 Walsall 1,991 2,634 Waltham Forest 2,484 3,348 Wandsworth 2,654 3,551 Warwickshire 1,906 2,543 West Sussex 1,987 2,647 Westminster 2,667 3,470 Wigan 1,905 2,523 Wiltshire 1,921 2,561 Wirral 2,024 2,690 Wolverhampton 2,081 2,807 York 1,888 2,533 England—average 2,053 2,728