§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will state in respect of Buckinghamshire County Council(a) the education SSA for 1998–99 and (b) what would be the education SSA for 1998–99, calculated on the weighting and composition of the SSA formula for 1997–98 (i) in cash terms, (ii) per head of population in Buckinghamshire and (iii) per child in full-time schooling in Buckinghamshire. [28736]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 11 February 1998]The following table sets out the information requested. Buckinghamshire's education SSA for 1998–99 represents an actual increase of £7.8 million or 4.4 per cent. overs its education SSA for 1997–98.
Education SSA £ funding per head of population £ funding per pupil (a)£183.782 million 387 2,585 (b)£186.029 million 392 2,617 Notes:
1. The figure at (b) has been calculated on the basis of the 1997–98 education SSAs, but using the 1998–99 SSA national control totals.
2. The per head of population figures are based on the Registrar General's estimates as at June 1996.
3. The per pupil figures are based on the sum of pupils aged 4, 5 to 10, 11 to 15 and post-16, as defined in the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1998–99.