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Mr. Byers
Revenue Support Grant for local authorities is provided through the standard spending assessment formula, but it is up to each authority to decide how to fund primary and secondary school education. The following table sets out for 1997–98 the primary and secondary SSA per pupil figures for each local education authority.
| LEA |
1997–98 primary SSA per pupil £ |
1997–98 secondary SSA per pupil £ |
| City of London |
3,017 |
7,245 |
| Camden |
2,975 |
3,740 |
| Greenwich |
2,810 |
3,679 |
| Hackney |
3,179 |
4,330 |
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| LEA |
1997–98 primary SSA per pupil£ |
1997–98 secondary SSA per pupil£ |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
2,955 |
3,827 |
| Islington |
2,999 |
4,026 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
2,711 |
3,630 |
| Lambeth |
3,107 |
4,403 |
| Lewisham |
2,936 |
3,889 |
| Southwark |
3,029 |
4,029 |
| Tower Hamlets |
3,217 |
4,261 |
| Wandsworth |
2,779 |
3,670 |
| Westminster |
2,789 |
3,578 |
| Barking and Dagenham |
2,429 |
3,213 |
| Barnet |
2,300 |
2,975 |
| Bexley |
2,206 |
2,888 |
| Brent |
2,648 |
3,578 |
| Bromley |
2,180 |
2,839 |
| Croydon |
2,361 |
3,125 |
| Ealing |
2,480 |
3,330 |
| Enfield |
2,399 |
3,131 |
| Haringey |
2,762 |
3,721 |
| Harrow |
2,267 |
3,000 |
| Havering |
2,176 |
2,853 |
| Hillingdon |
2,262 |
2,968 |
| Hounslow |
2,440 |
3,154 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
2,168 |
2,825 |
| Merton |
2,314 |
3,030 |
| Newham |
2,752 |
3,618 |
| Redbridge |
2,323 |
3,036 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
2,126 |
2,728 |
| Sutton |
2,219 |
2,866 |
| Waltham Forst |
2,563 |
3,399 |
| Birmingham |
2,240 |
2,960 |
| Coventry |
2,123 |
2,786 |
| Dudley |
1,954 |
2,559 |
| Sandwell |
2,139 |
2,808 |
| Solihull |
1,961 |
2,540 |
| Walsall |
2,071 |
2,701 |
| Wolverhampton |
2,150 |
2,848 |
| Knowsley |
2,381 |
3,177 |
| Liverpool |
2,295 |
3,022 |
| St. Helens |
2,045 |
2,695 |
| Sefton |
2,038 |
2,662 |
| Wirral |
2,100 |
2,763 |
| Bolton |
2,042 |
2,674 |
| Bury |
1,972 |
2,558 |
| Manchester |
2,359 |
3,138 |
| Oldham |
2,102 |
2,732 |
| Rochdale |
2,114 |
2,806 |
| Salford |
2,139 |
2,814 |
| Stockport |
1,939 |
2,547 |
| Tameside |
2,025 |
2,648 |
| Trafford |
1,993 |
2,603 |
| Wigan |
1,969 |
2,572 |
| Barnsley |
2,038 |
2,687 |
| Doncaster |
2,116 |
2,782 |
| Rotherham |
2,037 |
2,655 |
| Sheffield |
2,068 |
2,725 |
| Bradford |
2,151 |
2,845 |
| Calderdale |
2,050 |
2,689 |
| Kirklees |
2,066 |
2,718 |
| Leeds |
2,041 |
2,680 |
| Wakefield |
1,988 |
2,603 |
| Gateshead |
2,074 |
2,736 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
2,171 |
2,846 |
| North Tyneside |
2,015 |
2,664 |
| South Tyneside |
2,121 |
2,780 |
671W
| LEA |
1997–98 primary SSA per pupil £ |
1997–98 secondary SSA per pupil £ |
| Sunderland |
2,089 |
2,744 |
| Isles of Scilly |
3,576 |
4,701 |
| Bath and North East Somerset |
1,933 |
2,483 |
| Bristol |
2,093 |
2,784 |
| North Somerset |
1,942 |
2,552 |
| South Gloucestershire |
1,902 |
2,496 |
| Hartlepool |
2,098 |
2,754 |
| Middlesbrough |
2,199 |
2,935 |
| Redcar and Cleveland |
2,105 |
2,739 |
| Stockton on Tees |
2,066 |
2,707 |
| Kingston upon Hull |
2,159 |
2,834 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire |
1,961 |
2,561 |
| North East Lincolnshire |
2,077 |
2,728 |
| North Lincolnshire |
2,039 |
2,673 |
| North Yorkshire |
2,006 |
2,602 |
| York |
1,946 |
2,565 |
| Bedfordshire |
2,055 |
2,696 |
| Luton |
2,244 |
2,958 |
| Buckinghamshire |
2,064 |
2,712 |
| Milton Keynes |
2,133 |
2,813 |
| Derbyshire |
1,952 |
2,564 |
| Derby |
2,085 |
2,747 |
| Dorset |
1,963 |
2,565 |
| Poole |
1,943 |
2,539 |
| Bournemouth |
2,033 |
2,650 |
| Durham |
2,043 |
2,685 |
| Darlington |
2,037 |
2,683 |
| East Sussex |
2,094 |
2,753 |
| Brighton and Hove |
2,173 |
2,847 |
| Hampshire |
2,007 |
2,630 |
| Portsmouth |
2,163 |
2,831 |
| Southampton |
2,179 |
2,888 |
| Leicestershire |
1,905 |
2,504 |
| Leicester |
2,208 |
2,898 |
| Rutland |
1,942 |
2,466 |
| Staffordshire |
1,935 |
2,533 |
| Stoke on Trent |
2,043 |
2,692 |
| Wiltshire |
1,988 |
2,602 |
| Thamesdown |
1,979 |
2,600 |
| Berkshire |
2,103 |
2,759 |
| Cambridgeshire |
2,019 |
2,650 |
| Cheshire |
1,976 |
2,581 |
| Cornwall |
2,057 |
2,698 |
| Cumbria |
2,022 |
2,644 |
| Devon |
2,031 |
2,663 |
| Essex |
2,119 |
2,781 |
| Gloucestershire |
1,977 |
2,584 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
1,978 |
2,591 |
| Hertfordshire |
2,135 |
2,788 |
| Isle of Wight Council |
2,166 |
2,840 |
| Kent |
2,103 |
2,758 |
| Lancashire |
2,046 |
2,686 |
| Lincolnshire |
2,041 |
2,675 |
| Norfolk |
2,042 |
2,675 |
| Northamptonshire |
1,999 |
2,620 |
| Northumberland |
2,016 |
2,638 |
| Nottinghamshire |
2,052 |
2,695 |
| Oxfordshire |
2,047 |
2,669 |
| Shropshire |
2,027 |
2,650 |
| Somerset |
1,996 |
2,620 |
| Suffolk |
1,983 |
2,599 |
| Surrey |
2,109 |
2,763 |
| Warwickshire |
1,960 |
2,572 |
| West Sussex |
2,043 |
2,674 |
| England |
2,130 |
2,782 |