§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assumptions are made, in respect of central Government funding allocations to local196W authorities, for annual funding required for (a) each child in primary school, (b) each child in secondary school, (c) each child in care, (d) each elderly person requiring home help and (e) each elderly person requiring residential care, indicating in each case the figure for an English shire council and the figures for each other type of council. [136496]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 6 November 2000]: The table gives for 2000–01, the Education Standard Spending Assessment per pupil for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for (i) Shire Counties, (ii) London Authorities, (iii) Metropolitan Authorities and (iv) Unitary Authorities.
2000–01 Average primary SSA per pupil Average secondary SSA per pupil Shire Counties 2,350 3,020 London 2,980 3,800 Metropolitan 2,460 3,170 Unitary 2,430 3,130 Since 1997, overall funding per pupil has increased by over £300 per pupil (to some £3,100 per pupil this year). Funding per pupil fell by £60 in real terms between 1994–95 and 1997–98. There will be further increases in funding following the year 2000 spending review: a further £370 per pupil over the three year period, taking the total increase to nearly £700 between 1997–98 and 2003–04. Funding for children in care and for elderly people is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.