§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his oral statement of 27 January 1999,Official Report, column 307, on Highcliffe School, what is the basis of the calculation that Dorset has been allocated a 7.3 per cent. increase in standard spending assessment for education in 1999–2000; and if he will express the increased allocation as a percentage per pupil. [68990]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisDorset's provisional education standard spending assessment for 1999–2000 represents an underlying increase of £9.2 million or 7.3 per cent.. These figures illustrate the effect of allowing for local authority changes of function and taking account of new arrangements for funding music and student support. The allocation represents a year-on-year increase in overall education SSA funding per pupil of 4.3 per cent..