HC Deb 16 February 2000 vol 344 cc571-5W
Mr. Ruane

To 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.

£
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

£
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

£
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

£
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