HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 cc569-70W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the local education authority areas for which the proposed rise in the schools' block of their education formula spending share exceeds total increase in formula grant for the local authority, giving the amount of the excess in each case. [90140]

Mr. Miliband

There are two local education authorities for which the proposed rise in the schools' block of the education formula spending share exceeds the total increase in formula grant for the local authority; Barnet where the excess is £1.2 million, and Essex with an excess of £0.3 million. There are a further 10 authorities where the proposed rise in the schools' block would exceed the total increase in formula grant after taking into account burdens faced by other services. These are:

  • Bromley
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • East Sussex
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Richmond upon Thames
  • Surrey
  • West Sussex
  • Wokingham

Mr. Reed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has increased per pupil in real terms for(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Leicestershire since 1996–97. [88624]

Mr. Miliband

The following information details funding per pupil in primary and secondary education in Leicestershire from 1997–98 to 2002–03. The information for 1996–97 is not available as Leicestershire LEA did not come into being until 1997–98 as a result of the local government reorganisation.

£
SSA Grants Total
Primary
1997–98 2,090 40 2,130
1998–99 2,150 50 2,190
1999–2000 2,210 110 2,320
2000–01 2,250 250 2,500
2001–02 2,290 370 2,660
2002–03 2,350 380 2,730
Change1 260 340 600
Secondary
1997–98 2,750 30 2,780
1998–99 2,800 40 2,840
1999–2000 2,840 70 2,920
£
SSA Grants Total
2000–01 2,910 210 3,120
2001–02 2,960 290 3,250
2002–03 3,020 290 3,310
Change1 270 260 530
1 Change since 1997–98.

Notes:

  1. 1.Coverage: figures reflect education SSA settlement figures (primary and secondary sub-blocks), plus all relevant grants in DfES's Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 5 to 10 and 11 to 15 (excluding EMA and a handful of others where it is not possible to get figures on a comparables basis overtime).
  2. 2. Expenditure data are taken from the Leicestershire LEA's section 52 Budget statements submitted to the DfES.
  3. 3. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are the maintained pupils underlying the SSA settlement calculations.
  4. 4. 1997–98 figures for LEAs subject to local government reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata, to their post LGR figures.
  5. 5. 2002–03 figures are provisional.
  6. 6. Real terms 2001–02 prices, based on GDP deflators as at September 2002.
  7. 7. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.