§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of school budgets were spent on teachers' salaries in 1998–99 in(a) Northumberland and (b) Slough. [83542]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation about actual, as opposed to budgeted expenditure on teachers' salaries in 1998-99 will not be available until April 2000.
§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will list the funding made available in the 1999–2000 standard spending assessment for each(a) primary and (b) secondary pupil in (i) Northumberland and (ii) Slough; [83544]
(2) what factors account for the differences in standard spending assessment funding in 1999–2000 between (a) Northumberland and (b) Slough. [83545]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe table sets out the information requested. Slough receives more education SSA funding per pupil than Northumberland mainly because of three factors—area costs, the proportion of children entitled to free school meals and the proportion of children from ethnic minorities.
£ LEA Primary SSA per pupil Secondary SSA per pupil Northumberland 2,240 2,877 Slough 2,739 3,603