§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) SSA and (b) total estimated spending per head in each local education authority in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1995–96 to 1999–2000; and if he will estimate the comparable figures for 2000–2001; and what assessment 511W he has made of the impact of changes in (i) school population, (ii) overall population and (iii) take-up of free school meals on these figures. [115286]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 20 March 2000]: The tables list (a) the SSA per pupil, calculated by adding primary and secondary SSA together and dividing by total
Table A: SSA per pupil Local Education Authority Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland 1995–96 2,223 2,337 2,124 2,211 2,200 1996–97 2,299 2,401 2,237 2,305 2,299 1997–98 2,355 2,461 2,295 2,409 2,379 1998–99 2,471 2,599 2,412 2,530 2,500 1999–2000 2,597 2,736 2,529 2,662 2,625 2000–01 2,721 2,878 2,653 2,800 2,743 Note:
Cash figures: no allowances have been made for Nursery Vouchers, or for changes in SSA methodology.
Table B: Spend per pupil Local Education Authority Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland 1995–96 1,897 1,985 1,892 1,753 1,871 1996–97 1,934 2,119 1,928 1,771 1,880 1997–98 1,937 2,167 1,938 1,767 1,870 Changes in the size of the school population do not have a direct impact on the SSA per pupil, nor do changes in the overall population and take up of free school meals, since they do not form part of the calculation of an authority's education SSA. No assessment can be made of the impact of changes in population and take up of free school meals on overall expenditure per pupil.