HC Deb 10 March 1999 vol 327 cc215-6W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what in the last five years for which information is available was the expenditure per pupil in full-time education in the(a) whole education budget, (b) general schools budget, (c) potential budget and (d) aggregate schools budget. [74977]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table gives, for schools in England for the financial years 1994–95 to 1998–99 inclusive, the averages of the(a) General Schools Budget, (b) Potential Schools Budget and (c) Aggregated Schools Budget, per pupil. Information on the whole education budget, per pupil, is not held centrally.

LEA-Maintained schools in England Average Per pupil
£
ASB PSB GSB
1998–99 1,893 2,090 2,563
1997–98 1,839 2,028 2,471
1996–97 1,814 2,005 2,453
1995–96 1,752 1,948 2,398
1994–95 1,730 1,990 2,399