Standard Spending Assessments (Hansard, 13 January 1995)

§ Mr. Robin Squire

The information requested is set out in the table. The figures for 1995–96 and hence the percentage changes are provisional since education standard spending assessments for that year have yet to be finalised.

Education SSAs do not equate to spending on schools since they notionally include spending on heads of expenditure which are not delegated to schools, such as transport, special education and related support services.

Variations between LEAs reflect the different costs of providing a common standard of service across the country, taking account of the relative costs of educating children in different circumstances: in sparsely populated areas; in London and the south-east region where labour costs are higher; and in areas of socio-economic disadvantage or with a high proportion of non-English speaking children.

The figures are in cash terms. Variations between years will be influenced by changes in local authorities' functions and changes in the SSA methodology.

The balance of funding between the five to 10 and 11 to 15 sub-blocks reflects the latest available data on local authority spending on primary and secondary education and is annually updated to reflect changes in spending patterns.

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Education component of Standard Spending Assessment per pupil, in sub-blocks 5 to 10 and 11 to 15
	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96
	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15
Lambeth	2,950	4,331	3,084	4,497	2,886	4,052	3,066	4,470
Lewisham	2,537	3,718	2,637	3,837	2,685	3,766	2,777	3,787
Southwark	2,695	3,953	2,789	4,062	2,805	3,937	2,947	4,097
Tower Hamlets	2,986	4,385	3,035	4,425	2,975	4,178	3,035	4,041
Wandsworth	2,562	3,756	2,674	3,892	2,549	3,572	2,683	3,624
Westminster	2,593	3,802	2,741	3,991	2,622	3,677	2,750	3,643
Barking and Dagenham	2,074	3,034	2,095	3,042	2,219	3,107	2,231	2,955
Barnet	2,069	3,027	2,130	3,094	2,161	3,024	2,197	2,887
Bexley	1,908	2,787	1,972	2,861	2,068	2,893	2,064	2,739
Brent	2,458	3,604	2,542	3,701	2,454	3,441	2,500	3,454
Bromley	1,883	2,750	1,938	2,811	2,039	2,851	2,013	2,682
Croydon	2,097	3,068	2,143	3,112	2,202	3,083	2,243	3,055
Ealing	2,294	3,360	2,398	3,488	2,356	3,302	2,350	3,229
Enfield	2,088	3,054	2,126	3,088	2,208	3,091	2,234	2,945
Haringey	2,576	3,778	2,670	3,889	2,618	3,674	2,589	3,588
Harrow	1,995	2,916	2,019	2,930	2,110	2,952	2,147	2,933
Havering	1,828	2,668	1,878	2,722	2,057	2,877	2,023	2,691
Hillingdon	1,923	2,809	1,983	2,878	2.120	2,967	2,133	2,843
Hounslow	2,134	3,122	2,165	3,145	2,233	3,128	2,260	2,954
Kingston upon Thames	1,917	2,801	1,957	2,839	2,052	2,870	2,064	2,724
Merton	2,056	3,007	2,121	3,080	2,163	3,028	2,184	2,909
Newham	2,529	3,709	2,586	3,766	2,603	3,653	2,581	3,444
Redbridge	2,008	2,936	2,093	3,038	2,172	3,040	2,164	2,892
Richmond upon Thames	1,932	2,823	1,982	2,875	2,001	2,797	2,015	2,639
Sutton	1,902	2,779	1,972	2,860	2,085	2,916	2,093	2,727
Waltham Forest	2,316	3,393	2,404	3,498	2,440	3,421	2,434	3,266
Birmingham	2,072	3,037	2,131	3,101	2,093	2,934	2,083	2,802
Coventry	1,892	2,769	1,909	2,773	1,948	2,728	1,984	2,652
Dudley	1,700	2,484	1,722	2,498	1,802	2,521	1,813	2,412
Sandwell	1,910	2,796	1,960	2,849	1,976	2,768	1,986	2,646
Solihull	1,721	2,514	1,752	2,542	1,808	2,527	1,798	2,380
Walsall	1,813	2,652	1,829	2,656	1,881	2,633	1,894	2,505
Wolverhampton	2,003	2,934	2,030	2,952	1,997	2,798	1,995	2,695
Knowsley	2,050	3,003	2,084	3,032	2,201	3,087	2,186	2,991
Liverpool	2,061	3,019	2,113	3,075	2,141	3,002	2,110	2,825
St. Helens	1,729	2,527	1,750	2,539	1,851	2,590	1,845	2,471
Sefton	1,769	2,586	1,788	2,596	1,879	2,630	1,875	2,496
Wirral	1,869	2,735	1,891	2,746	1,959	2,744	1,948	2,611
Bolton	1,815	2,654	1,863	2,705	1,869	2,616	1,866	2,492
Bury	1,681	2,456	1,699	2,464	1,786	2,498	1,813	2,409
Manchester	2,150	3,153	2,206	3,211	2,214	3,107	2,258	3,077
Oldham	1,877	2,746	1,866	2,709	1,910	2,674	1,919	2,534
Rochdale	1,805	2,639	1,863	2,706	1,917	2,684	1,932	2,613
Salford	1,853	2,711	1,919	2,788	1,971	2,762	1,975	2,656
Stockport	1,669	2,437	1,689	2,449	1,776	2,484	1,775	2,379
Tameside	1,779	2,601	1,785	2,590	1,827	2,556	1,831	2,432
Trafford	1,745	2,550	1,758	2,551	1,798	2,515	1,830	2,424
Wigan	1,687	2,464	1,727	2,505	1,814	2,537	1,809	2,395
Barnsley	1,765	2,580	1,793	2,602	1,854	2,594	1,869	2,493
Doncaster	1,861	2,720	1,905	2,765	1,943	2,717	1,934	2,576
Rotherham	1,796	2,625	1,819	2,640	1,856	2,596	1,871	2,466
Sheffield	1,815	2,655	1,874	2,722	1,936	2,711	1,922	2,570
Bradford	1,971	2,885	2,022	2,940	1,993	2,791	1,986	2,683
Calderdale	1,808	2,643	1,869	2,714	1,905	2,665	1,896	2,527
Kirklees	1,853	2,710	1,914	2,779	1,912	2,675	1,900	2,543
Leeds	1,813	2,652	1,846	2,680	1,868	2,613	1,864	2,484
Wakefield	1,761	2,574	1,771	2,569	1,816	2,539	1,825	2,425
Gateshead	1,828	2,673	1,886	2,739	1,952	2,733	1,937	2,605
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,908	2,792	1,949	2,832	2,012	2,820	2,045	2,722
North Tyneside	1,797	2,628	1,779	2,582	1,828	2,557	1,845	2,486
South Tyneside	1,836	2,685	1,825	2,649	1,923	2,692	1,932	2,592
Sunderland	1,805	2,640	1,833	2,661	1,925	2,695	1,919	2,553
Isles of Scilly	3,155	4,601	3,140	4,545	3,281	4,570	3,347	4,331
Avon	1,728	2,524	1,779	2,582	1,835	2,566	1,838	2,464
Bedfordshire	1,896	2,772	1,976	2,867	2,011	2,812	1,995	2,668
Berkshire	1,855	2,709	1,906	2,764	1,953	2,730	1,988	2,668
Buckinghamshire	1,826	2,666	1,890	2,740	1,962	2,741	1,966	2,634
Cambridgeshire	1,764	2,576	1,802	2,613	1,847	2,580	1,876	2,512
Cheshire	1,703	2,487	1,746	2,532	1,818	2,542	1,817	2,413
Cleveland	1,894	2,772	1,908	2,772	1,942	2,719	1,940	2,593
Cornwall	1,799	2,627	1,831	2,654	1,878	2,622	1,893	2,525
Cumbria	1,763	2,575	1,820	2,639	1,862	2,600	1,856	2,474

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Education component of Standard Spending Assessment per pupil, in sub-blocks 5 to 10 and 11 to 15
	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96
	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15	5 to 10	11 to 15
Derbyshire	1,706	2,491	1,739	2,522	1,801	2,516	1,812	2,419
Devon	1,762	2,574	1,817	2,635	1,865	2,605	1,879	2,510
Dorset	1,714	2,502	1,771	2,569	1,828	2,554	1,833	2,445
Durham	1,787	2,611	1,805	2,618	1,879	2,627	1,884	2,516
East Sussex	1,825	2,666	1,941	2,816	1,986	2,776	2,000	2,677
Essex	1,815	2,650	1,882	2,729	1,972	2,756	1,989	2,646
Gloucestershire	1,731	2,528	1,772	2,569	1,819	2,541	1,836	2,439
Hampshire	1,788	2,611	1,867	2,707	1,929	2,696	1,930	2,586
Hereford and Worcester	1,712	2,500	1,734	2,513	1,798	2,511	1,827	2,442
Hertfordshire	1,842	2,689	1,884	2,732	1,970	2,754	2,010	2,667
Humberside	1,817	2,656	1,849	2,684	1,891	2,644	1,891	2,512
Isle of Wight Council	1,875	2,739	1,940	2,813	2,018	2,819	2,016	2,700
Kent	1,807	2,638	1,886	2,734	1,960	2,740	1,968	2,625
Lancashire	1,805	2,639	1,822	2,644	1,867	2,611	1,877	2,506
Leicestershire	1,785	2,608	1,821	2,642	1,855	2,593	1,864	2,487
Lincolnshire	1,809	2,642	1,850	2,682	1,874	2,616	1,873	2,487
Norfolk	1,789	2,612	1,815	2,632	1,863	2,601	1,881	2,512
North Yorkshire	1,738	2,537	1,756	2,544	1,805	2,518	1,827	2,426
Northamptonshire	1,759	2,569	1,796	2,604	1,823	2,547	1,836	2,458
Northumberland	1,743	2,544	1,784	2,587	1,838	2,566	1,825	2,425
Nottinghamshire	1,821	2,662	1,851	2,687	1,872	2,618	1,883	2,512
Oxfordshire	1,798	2,624	1,872	2,714	1,934	2,700	1,934	2,579
Shropshire	1,774	2,589	1,811	2,625	1,850	2,583	1,862	2,482
Somerset	1,745	2,547	1,781	2,582	1,833	2,558	1,846	2,493
Staffordshire	1,704	2,489	1,744	2,528	1,792	2,504	1,805	2,401
Suffolk	1,726	2,520	1,762	2,553	1,807	2,522	1,820	2,434
Surrey	1,828	2,667	1,857	2,691	1,921	2,684	1,998	2,693
Warwickshire	1,723	2,516	1,754	2,543	1,801	2,516	1,822	2,436
West Sussex	1,766	2,578	1,813	2,628	1,918	2,679	1,932	2,575
Wiltshire	1,750	2,555	1,787	2,590	1,824	2,546	1,835	2,455
England	1,873	2,724	1,921	2,775	1,968	2,741	1,981	2,635

Percentage change in unit allowances for Education SSA between 1992–93 and 1995–96
	5 to 10	11 to 15
City of London	28.12	174.34
Camden	14.98	-1.16
Greenwich	14.04	3.28
Hackney	5.43	1.93
Hammersmith and Fulham	11.99	-0.50
Islington	6.94	0.20
Kensington and Chelsea	9.23	6.51
Lambeth	3.95	3.20
Lewisham	9.48	1.85
Southwark	9.36	3.65
Tower Hamlets	1.63	-7.86
Wandsworth	4.71	-3.51
Westminster	6.06	-4.18
Barking and Dagenham	7.58	-2.59
Barnet	6.15	4.62
Bexley	8.16	-1.73
Brent	1.68	-4.17
Bromley	6.89	-2.47
Croydon	6.96	-0.43
Ealing	2.42	-3.90
Enfield	7.03	-3.56
Haringey	0.50	-5.03
Harrow	7.66	-0.44
Havering	10.86	0.85
Hillingdon	10.93	1.18
Hounslow	5.94	-5.06
Kingston upon Thames	7.66	-2.74
Merton	6.21	-3.28
Newham	2.06	-7.15
Redbridge	7.76	-1.51
Richmond upon Thames	4.30	-6.54
Sutton	10.00	-1.87
Waltham Forest	5.12	-3.74

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Percentage change in unit allowances for Education SSA between 1992–93 and 1995–96
	5 to 10	11 to 15
Birmingham	0 50	-7 72
Coventry	4.83	-4.23
Dudley	6.62	-2.92
Sandwell	3.94	-5.39
Solihull	4.44	-5.34
Walsall	4.48	-5.51
Wolverhampton	-0.42	-8.12
Knowsley	6.62	-0.41
Liverpool	2.37	-6.43
St. Helens	6.67	-2.24
Sefton	6.00	-3.48
Wirral	4.21	4.56
Bolton	2.85	-6.12
Bury	7.84	-1.91
Manchester	4.99	-2.41
Oldham	2.25	-7.71
Rochdale	7.08	-1.01
Salford	6.55	-2.04
Stockport	6.36	-2.40
Tameside	2.29	-6.49
Trafford	4.90	-4.95
Wigan	7.26	-2.81
Barnsley	5.90	-3.39
Doncaster	3.95	-5.29
Rotherham	4.21	-6.07
Sheffield	5.86	-3.20
Bradford	0.79	-7.01
Calderdale	4.86	-4.39
Kirklees	2.57	-6.14
Leeds	2.78	-6.34
Wakefield	3.64	-5.81
Gateshead	5.96	-2.54
Newcastle upon Tyne	7.20	-2.53

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Percentage change in unit allowances for Education SSA between 1992–93 and 1995–96
	5 to 10	11 to 15
North Tyneside	2.67	-5.40
South Tyneside	5.23	-3.46
Sunderland	6.30	-3.27
Isles of Scilly	6.10	-5.86
Avon	6.38	-2.35
Bedfordshire	5.20	-3.72
Berkshire	7.19	-1.51
Buckinghamshire	7.67	-1.21
Cambridgeshire	6.33	-2.49
Cheshire	6.69	-2.99
Cleveland	2.42	-6.45
Cornwall	5.26	-3.85
Cumbria	5.23	-3.89
Derbyshire	6.23	-2.89
Devon	6.62	-2.46
Dorset	6.96	-2.28
Durham	5.44	-3.64
East Sussex	9.59	0.39
Essex	9.56	-0.17
Gloucestershire	6.07	-3.50
Hampshire	7.91	-0.95
Hereford and Worcester	6.68	-2.28
Hertfordshire	9.10	-0.83
Humberside	4.06	-5.42
Isle of Wight Council	7.53	-1.42
Kent	8.95	-0.51
Lancashire	3.99	-5.04
Leicestershire	4.43	-4.67
Lincolnshire	3.51	-5.86
Norfolk	5.14	-3.81
North Yorkshire	5.13	-4.36
Northamptonshire	4.38	-4.33
Northumberland	4.70	-4.67
Nottinghamshire	3.39	-5.66
Oxfordshire	7.55	-1.73
Shropshire	5.01	-4.13
Somerset	5.76	-2.12
Staffordshire	5.92	-3.51
Suffolk	5.42	-3.40
Surrey	9.30	0.96
Warwickshire	5.73	-3.17
West Sussex	9.41	-0.12
Wiltshire	4.82	-3.92
England	5.80	-3.27