HC Deb 02 April 1996 vol 275 cc137-8W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is(a) the estimated number of pupils in maintained schools and (b) the amount allowed in the annual capital guidelines in respect of each such pupil for (i) 1994–95, (ii) 1995–96 and (iii) 1996–97, for (1) Somerset, (2) Shropshire, (3) Devon, (4) Dorset, (5) Buckinghamshire, (6) Kent, (7) Hampshire, (8) Norfolk and (9) Oxfordshire. [23580]

Mrs. Gillan

The information requested is set out in tables 1 and 2 in respect of 1994–95 and 1995–96, with the pupil numbers dating from the preceding January.

Since annual capital guidelines—ACGs—are mostly for capital work at county and voluntary controlled schools, the amount allowed per pupil is based on pupils at such schools in the local education authorities concerned, but the ACGs will have been used for specific work at particular schools, not for all schools in the LEAs. Total pupils at all maintained schools are listed separately. Estimates of numbers in maintained schools at January 1996 are not yet available on an individual LEA basis.

Table 1: Annual Capital Guidelines and pupil numbers
LEA Annual Capital Guideline (ACG) January county and controlled school population ACG total per pupil
£ £
1994–95
Somerset 3,240,000 57,738 56
Shropshire 6,990,00 52,498 133
Devon 7,961,000 121,784 65
Dorset 5,395,000 62,217 87
Bucks 6,829,000 79,970 85
Kent 15,660,000 161,578 97
Hampshire 18,583,000 185,178 100
Norfolk 3,890,000 85,732 45
Oxfordshire 3,745,000 67,352 56
1995–96
Somerset 2,608,000 58,597 45
Shropshire 7,423,000 53,155 140
Devon 11,627,000 124,546 93
Dorset 3,340,000 62,871 53
Bucks 9,245,000 80,147 115
Kent 21,248,000 157,204 135
Hampshire 14,762,000 187,546 79
Norfolk 3,122,000 86,063 36
Oxfordshire 6,767,000 69,041 98
Table 2: Pupil numbers at all maintained schools
January 1994 January 1995
Somerset 64,836 66,129
Shropshire 60,830 62,158
Devon 140,257 143,538
Dorset 85,919 87,981
Bucks 99,194 101,378
Kent 232,055 266,310
Hampshire 217,545 221,186
Norfolk 103,705 105,170
Oxfordshire 76,838 78,806