HC Deb 26 February 1998 vol 307 c362W
32. Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment by what percentage he estimates real expenditure per pupil in Worcestershire will change in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement. [29914]

Mr. Byers

The real terms change in the level of expenditure per pupil in Worcestershire depends on budget decisions taken by the County Council. Worcestershire's education SSA for 1998–99 represents an increase of some £7 million or 3.9 per cent. in cash terms after allowing for the effects of local government reorganisation.