§ 20. Mr. PatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the education standard spending assessment for(a) secondary and (b) primary school pupils. [157930]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisBetween 1997–98 and 2001–02 funding for primary schools has increased by £640 per pupil in real terms, and for secondary schools by £550. The ratio of secondary to primary funding per pupil has narrowed from 1.3 to 1 in 1997–98 to 1.2 to 1 in 2001–02.
Since 1997, funding overall has increased by £540 per pupil in real terms. Under the last Government, it fell by £80 in real terms between 1994–95 and 1997–98.