§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent on each pupil at secondary school in the London borough of Wandsworth in the last year [148327]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisNet institutional expenditure on secondary schools in Wandsworth local education authority for 1998–99, the latest year for which this information is currently available, was £ 2,670 per pupil.
The following table sets out the resources made available to Wandsworth local education authority for 11 to 15-year-olds, at 2000–01 prices, on a per pupil basis. These figures are not directly comparable with the net institutional expenditure figure given above, but they do reflect a real terms increase in secondary funding per pupil over the last three years of £ 470.
£per pupil Standard spending assessment1 Special and specific grants SSA and special/specific grants 1997–98 3,940 40 3,980 1998–99 3,960 60 4,020 1999–2000 4,030 130 4,160 2000–01 4,100 350 4,450 1 Based on the secondary SSA sub-block Under this Government, overall funding per pupil has already increased by over £300 nationally in real terms, and it will increase by a further £ 150 per pupil for 2001–02. Under the last Government, 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.