§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the funding per pupil in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority in descending order in the last year for which figures are available; and what plans he has to tackle the disparity in funding between local education authorities. [110245]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 15 February 2000]: Set out in the table, in descending order, is the funding for LEA maintained primary (including pre-primary) and secondary schools, on a per pupil basis, for the financial year 1997–98, the latest year for which final figures are available.
The Government announced in November 1998 a three-year review in partnership with local government to look for a way of distributing revenue support grant which is simpler, more stable, more robust and fairer than the present arrangements for SSAs.
572W
£ Funding per pupil Pre-primary and primary London, City of 3,946 Isles of Scilly 2,852 Lambeth 2,832 Kensington and Chelsea 2,649 Tower Hamlets 2,593 Westminster, City of 2,553 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,535 Hackney 2,384 Camden 2,381 Lewisham 2,335 Islington 2,332 Haringey 2,314 Southwark 2,313 Wandsworth 2,210 Harrow 2,158 Greenwich 2,150 Bradford 2,122 Waltham Forest 2,117 Hounslow 2,062 Merton 2,054 Brent 2,018 Ealing 2,010
573W
£ Funding per pupil Barking and Dagenham 1,974 Birmingham 1,949 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,937 Richmond upon Thames 1,932 Rutland 1,922 Croydon 1,905 Enfield 1,894 Sutton 1,872 Doncaster 1,870 Cumbria 1,865 Newham 1,854 Barnet 1,846 Sandwell 1,837 Southampton 1,831 Kingston upon Thames 1,820 Redbridge 1,812 Isle of Wight 1,803 Portsmouth 1,802 Suffolk 1,789 Coventry 1,784 Bristol, City of 1,780 Surrey 1,776 Bedfordshire 1,770 Wolverhampton 1,758 Hertfordshire 1,754 Bolton 1,743 Luton 1,743 Bromley 1,741 Havering 1,741 West Sussex 1,736 Hillingdon 1,735 Nottinghamshire 1,732 Leicester City 1,731 Essex 1,721 Norfolk 1,713 Cheshire 1,711 Knowsley 1,709 Bath and North East Somerset 1,709 Leeds 1,694 Kent 1,694 Somerset 1,694 Sheffield 1,693 Durham 1,690 North Somerset 1,689 Gateshead 1,688 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 1,688 Liverpool 1,687
574W
£ Funding per pupil Wiltshire 1,687 Lancashire 1,684 Lincolnshire 1,684 Hampshire 1,683 Rochdale 1,680 Shropshire 1,679 East Sussex 1,675 Cornwall 1,670 Warwickshire 1,668 Hereford and Worcester 1,666 Gloucestershire 1,664 Oldham 1,662 Derby City 1,661 Leicestershire 1,661 South Gloucestershire 1,659 North Lincolnshire 1,658 Kirklees 1,656 Calderdale 1,647 Sunderland 1,645 North Yorkshire 1,645 Manchester 1,643 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,641 Dorset 1,641 Walsall 1,640 North Tyneside 1,639 North East Lincolnshire 1,635 Buckinghamshire 1,634 Devon 1,633 Solihull 1,623 Redcar and Cleveland 1,620 York, City of 1,614 Milton Keynes 1,614 Berkshire 1,614 Oxfordshire 1,614 Northumberland 1,611 Tameside 1,599 Wirral 1,596 Stoke-on-Trent 1,596 Bexley 1,595 Trafford 1,594 St. Helens 1,589 Rotherham 1,585 Cambridgeshire 1,585 Sefton 1,584 Northamptonshire 1,582 Dudley 1,578 Derbyshire 1,578 Staffordshire 1,575 Swindon 1,566 Middlesbrough 1,563 Stockport 1,559 Barnsley 1,553 B"right"on and Hove 1,552 South Tyneside 1,546 Salford 1,545 Wakefield 1,532 Bournemouth 1,521 Wigan 1,519 Poole 1,518 Hartlepool 1,490 Bury 1,455 Stockton-on-Tees 1,439 Darlington 1,432 Average 1,739 Secondary Isles of Scilly 5,077 Brent 3,799 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,464
575W
£ Funding per pupil Kensington and Chelsea 3,458 Lambeth 3,363 Tower Hamlets 3,206 Camden 3,154 Haringey 3,154 Islington 3,147 Westminster, City of 3,121 Hackney 3,050 Lewisham 3,043 Southwark 3,022 Harrow 2,858 Newham 2,804 Waltham Forest 2,773 Hillingdon 2,738 Havering 2,737 Ealing 2,723 Croydon 2,682 Wandsworth 2,680 Greenwich 2,642 Barnet 2,631 Hounslow 2,630 Barking and Dagenham 2,621 Birmingham 2,612 Enfield 2,607 Redbridge 2,599 Derby City 2,595 Sutton 2,578 Richmond upon Thames 2,542 Essex 2,540 Bromley 2,539 Bristol, City of 2,532 Cumbria 2,516 Hertfordshire 2,516 Calderdale 2,504 Wolverhampton 2,503 Coventry 2,497 Manchester 2,491 Merton 2,474 Shropshire 2,472 Lincolnshire 2,471 Kingston upon Thames 2,468 Norfolk 2,462 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,452 Doncaster 2,445 South Gloucestershire 2,438 North Somerset 2,433 Sandwell 2,423 Southampton 2,409 Lancashire 2,404 Kent 2,386 Rochdale 2,380 West Sussex 2,369 Bexley 2,366 Middlesbrough 2,364 Nottinghamshire 2,362 Wirral 2,358 Leeds 2,358 East Sussex 2,358 B"right"on and Hove 2,354 Sefton 2,352 Bath and North East Somerset 2,348 York, City of 2,348 Bolton 2,346 North Yorkshire 2,345 Liverpool 2,336 Cornwall 2,328 Hampshire 2,327 Solihull 2,322 Berkshire 2,321 Surrey 2,321
£ Funding per pupil Cheshire 2,320 Gateshead 2,311 Devon 2,310 Leicester City 2,308 Portsmouth 2,307 Stoke-on-Trent 2,306 Wigan 2,305 Knowsley 2,304 Oldham 2,304 Salford 2,302 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 2,300 Suffolk 2,300 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,298 Leicestershire 2,297 Buckinghamshire 2,287 Derbyshire 2,287 St. Helens 2,278 North Tyneside 2,272 North East Lincolnshire 2,272 Cambridgeshire 2,270 Wiltshire 2,263 Redcar and Cleveland 2,262 Warwickshire 2,261 Walsall 2,252 Bournemouth 2,248 Trafford 2,244 Kirklees 2,243 North Lincolnshire 2,243 Gloucestershire 2,243 Northamptonshire 2,239 Oxfordshire 2,235 Luton 2,232 Bedfordshire 2,231 Somerset 2,222 Barnsley 2,218 Sunderland 2,210 Durham 2,206 Isle of Wight 2,204 Hereford and Worcester 2,203 Dudley 2,202 Sheffield 2,192 Tameside 2,176 Milton Keynes 2,174 Swindon 2,163 Rotherham 2,152 Hartlepool 2,151 Bury 2,139 Stockport 2,121 Stockton-on-Tees 2,119 Dorset 2,116 Staffordshire 2,115 South Tyneside 2,109 Wakefield 2,108 Darlington 2,083 Northumberland 2,035 Poole 1,794 Bradford 1,605 London, City of 1— Rutland 1— Average 2,359 1 Not applicable