§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will publish a table indicating the value in cash terms of the age-weighted pupil unit used this year by the local education authorities in(a) North Yorkshire, (b) Cleveland, (c) County Durham, (d) Cumbria, (e) Lancashire, (f) Bradford, (g) Leeds, (h) Wakefield, (i) Doncaster and (j) Humberside for children in nursery classes, children in reception classes and children in each year from year 1 through to sixth form;
(2) What is the value in cash terms of the age-weighted pupil unit used this year for children in nursery classes, reception classes and in each year from year 1 to sixth form by his Department for funding each grant-maintained school in North Yorkshire, Cleveland, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster and Humberside; and what are the amounts per child in each of these schools, the amount of transitional funding, special purpose grant, top-up funding and other DFE funding provided this year.
§ Mr. ForthInformation on age-weighted pupil unit values is contained in part 3 of the budget statement required to be published by each local education authority under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988. These returns from the 10 local education authorities listed are being placed in the Library. Annual maintenance grant for grant-maintained schools is calculated by reference to the local education authority's local management of schools scheme and so incorporates its age-weighted pupil units. Grant-maintained schools also receive a share of the local education authority's central budgets, calculated as a percentage addition to the local management of schools budget rather than a sum per pupil.
As soon as a school is approved as self governing, transitional grant is available to help in preparing the school to take on its new responsibilities. Secondary schools, and primary schools with 200 or more pupils, are currently eligible to receive £30,000 plus £30 for each pupil, subject to a maximum of £60,000.
A primary school with fewer than 200 pupils is eligible to receive £20,000 plus £30 for each pupil. A range of other special purpose grants are available to self-governing schools. Of these, only the grant for curriculum and staff development is derived from pupil numbers in the school. This grant is paid, for 1993–94, at the rate of £42.50—or the part-year equivalent—per pupil. Self-governing 385W schools are also eligible for a pupil related capital allocation for 1993–94. A full year's allocation is £11,000 plus £20 per pupil. Schools becoming self-governing through the year will receive a pro rata allocation.