HC Deb 12 May 2000 vol 349 cc506-7W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per pupil in(a) Gloucestershire and (b) England and Wales, in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in each of the last ten years for which figures are available. [122005]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table sets out spending per pupil in Gloucestershire and England, from 1990–91 to 1998–99, the latest year for which expenditure figures are available. The figures are based on Net Institutional Expenditure.

Table 1.
£ per pupil
Net institutional expenditure Pre-primary and primary Secondary
Gloucestershire
1990–91 1,203 1,912
1991–92 1,379 1,811
1992–93 1,627 2,122
1993–94 1,523 2,084
1994–95 1,555 2,113
1995–96 1,494 2,082
1996–97 1,569 2,133
1997–98 1,664 2,243
1998–991 1,813 2,321
England
1990–91 1,339 2,019
1991–92 1,469 2,145
1992–93 1,583 2,256
1993–94 1,630 2,245
1994–95 1,661 2,270
1995–96 1,687 2,286
1996–97 1,731 2,340
1997–98 1,739 2,359
1998–991 1,882 2,450
1 Provisional

The following tables set out the resources being made available in Gloucestershire and England for primary and secondary education as part of the drive to raise standards. These figures are not comparable with the net institutional figures set out in table 1. The special and specific grant totals include the money for schools announced in the Budget on 21 March.

Table 2.
£ per pupil
Standard Spending Assessment Primary Secondary
Gloucestershire
1998–99 2,081 2,703
1999–2000 2,199 2,816
2000–01 2,282 2,935
England
1998–99 2,248 2,918
1999–2000 2,372 3,031
2000–01 2,474 3,175

Table 3.
£per pupil
special and specific grants primary secondary
Gloucestershire
1998–99 59 49
1999–2000 127 88
2000–01 238 176
England
1998–99 73 64
1999–2000 140 103
2000–01 250 190