HC Deb 27 November 2002 vol 395 cc309-10W
Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the(a) average spending per pupil and (b) pupil teacher ratios are in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) Staffordshire and (B) England in 2001–02. [80595]

Mr. Miliband

The following tables contain information from 2000–01, the latest year for which data are available:

NIE per pupil: 2000–01
£
Primary Secondary
Staffordshire 2,060 2,620
England 2,210 2,830
Pupil teacher ratios: 2000–01
£
Primary Secondary
Staffordshire 23.7 17.6
England 22.9 17.1

We do not yet have information on spending in 2001–02.

Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average spending per pupil is in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) each shire education authority area in England and (ii) England. [80596]

Mr. Miliband

The following table provides the latest available information:

LEA Primary NIE per pupil Secondary
Bedfordshire 2,280 2,590
Buckinghamshire 1,820 2,480
Cambridgeshire 2,040 2,650
Cheshire 1,920 2,220
Cornwall 2,100 2,590
Cumbria 2,240 2,820
Derbyshire 2,010 2,570
Devon 2,040 2,650
Dorset 2,180 2,690
Durham 2,300 2,780
East Sussex 2,120 2,760
Essex 2,270 2,860
Gloucestershire 2,220 2,560
Hampshire 2,150 2,670
Hertfordshire 2,150 2,790
Kent 2,250 2,790
Lancashire 2,180 2,800
Leicestershire 2,080 2,710
Lincolnshire 2,010 2,630
Norfolk 2,010 2,580
North Yorkshire 2,110 2,750
Northamptonshire 2,220 2,800
Northumberland 2,180 2,490
LEA Primary NIE per pupil Secondary
Nottinghamshire 2,200 2,730
Oxfordshire 2,230 2,750
Shropshire 1,990 2,630
Somerset 2,160 2,710
Staffordshire 2,060 2,620
Suffolk 2,230 2,630
Surrey 2,210 2,710
Warwickshire 1,980 2,620
West Sussex 2,210 2,770
Wiltshire 1,940 2,480
Worcestershire 2,090 2,530
England 2,210 2,830

Notes:

1. All figures are provided on a cash basis and rounded to the nearest £10.

2. NIE is the net institutional expenditure, which is the money spent within schools. It does not include central LEA expenditure.

Source:

1. Financial data are drawn from local education authorities section 52 financial statements (outturn) relating to the 2000–01 financial year.

2. Pupil data are derived from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to a financial year basis.