HC Deb 06 February 1998 vol 305 c852W
Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is the forecast per capita expenditure for pupils in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Shropshire in 1998–99; [24425]

(2) what is the forecast per capita expenditure for pupils in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark in 1998–99; [24426]

(3) what is the current per capita expenditure for pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark; [24427]

(4) what is the current per capita expenditure for pupils in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Shropshire. [24428]

Mr. Blunkett

Schools do not receive per capita funding directly from the Government, but local education authorities receive resources through the SSA system. The table sets out the provisional primary and secondary SSA per pupil for Southwark and Shropshire in 1998–99 and the equivalent final figures for 1997–98. The latter figure for Shropshire is based on what it would have received if local government reorganisation had taken place a year earlier.

Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education and the Further Education Funding Council's Widening Participation Committee.