§ Dr. SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will adopt policies to ensure that no schools in Essex suffer a cash budget cut in the next financial year. [78477]
§ Mr. MilibandIn introducing the new system of LEA funding for 2003–04, we will implement the pledge that no local education authority will lose out in real terms in 2003–04. The Education Act 2002 incorporates a reserve power that allows the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to set a minimum budget for an authority's schools, if the budget proposed by an authority is
Pupil Referral Units: Number of Pupils on Roll 1998 to 2002 Position in January each year. 1998 1999 2000 Number of Solely Registered Pupils1 Number of Dually Registered Pupils1 Number of Pupils also registered with Other Providers2 Number of Solely Registered Pupils1 Number of Dually Registered Pupils1 Number of Pupils also registered with Other Providers2 Number of Solely Registered Pupils1 Number of Dually Registered Pupils1 Number of Pupils also registered with Other Providers2 England 7,740 4,166 8,263 4,202 6,986 4,586 1,493 London 2,005 662 2,195 628 1,740 863 236 Outer London 999 304 1,026 335 807 423 114 Enfield LEA 115 3 110 30 105 36 0 418W
2001 2002 Number of Solely Registered Pupils1 Number of Dually Registered Pupils1 Number of Pupils also registered with Other Providers2 Number of Solely Registered Pupils1 Number of Dually Registered Pupils1 Number of Pupils also registered with Other Providers2 England 7,308 4,993 1,981 7,614 4,968 2,342 London 1,895 751 243 2,063 607 288 seriously inadequate. Changes in the funding of individual schools depend very largely on changes in their pupil numbers. It is open to LEAs, if they wish, to include factors in their school funding formulae which have the effect of protecting individual schools from excessive year-to year reductions in their budget shares.