§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will state aggregated by local education authority and for the three most recent years for which information is available(a) the total annual maintenance grant paid to grant maintained schools, (b) the total annual maintenance grant paid to grant maintained schools divided by the number of pupils, (c) the total of special purpose and other non-capital grants paid to grant maintained schools and (d) the total of special purpose and other non-capital grants paid to grant maintained schools divided by the number of pupils. [80671]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 15 April 1999]The calculation of the annual maintenance grants (AMG), and of the special purpose and other non-capital grants (SPGs) for Grant Maintained (GM) schools, has been a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have placed in the Library tables which contain figures for the AMG by Local Education Authority, both in total and per pupil,432W for the years 1998–99, 1997–98 and 1996–97. The tables also give figures for SPGs, both in total and per pupil, for the years 1997–98 and 1996–97. These figures have been calculated using data recently provided by the Funding Agency.