§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the total spending on schools in the London borough of Wandsworth in each of the last five years. [147838]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table shows spending on schools in Wandsworth for the financial years 1994–95 to 1998–99, the latest year for which this information is currently available. These figures are based on net institutional expenditure on schools maintained by the local education authority in cash terms.
£ million 1994–95 55 1995–96 55 1996–97 49 1997–98 50 1998–99 53 The following table sets out the overall resources made available to Wandsworth local education authority in both cash and real terms. These funding figures are not directly comparable with net institutional expenditure set out in the previous table.
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Standard Spending Assessment and special/specific grants £ million Cash Real terms 1997–98 92 99 1998–99 95 99 1999–2000 101 103 2000–01 111 111 The following table expresses this funding on a per pupil basis. This reflects a real terms increase in funding per pupil in Wandsworth over the last three years of £400.
Standard Spending Assessment and special/specific grants £ per pupil Cash Real terms 1997–98 3,520 3,780 1998–99 3,610 3,770 1999–2000 3,850 3,930 2000–01 4,180 4,180 Under this Government, 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.