§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much revenue expenditure was available for schools in(a) Staffordshire and (b) Burton constituency for each year from 1990–91 to 2000–01. [146983]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on education expenditure according to parliamentary constituency is not collected centrally. The following table shows the spending in Staffordshire for the years 1990–91 to 1998–99, the latest year for which this information is currently available. These figures are based on net institutional expenditure, and for 1997–98 and 1998–99 do not include expenditure in Stoke-on-Trent due to local government reorganisation in 1997.
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£million 1990–91 257.4 1991–92 281.5 1992–93 295.3 1993–94 297.2 1994–95 302.8 1995–96 300.3 1996–97 312.8 1997–98 240.9 1998–99 255.2 The following table sets out the resources made available to Staffordshire local education authority for education of four to 19–year-olds since 1997–98, at 2000–01 prices. These figures are not directly comparable with net institutional expenditure set out above, but they do reflect real terms increases in funding per pupil over the last three years of £300.
£ per pupil Standard spending assessment Special and specific grants SSA and special/ specific grants 1997–98 2,350 110 2,460 1998–99 2,470 40 2,510 1999–2000 2,530 80 2,610 2000–01 2,580 170 2,750 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.