HC Deb 29 January 2001 vol 362 cc29-30W
Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the SSA per pupil was in(a) Staffordshire and (b) England for each year from 1990–91 to 2000–01. [146984]

Ms Estelle Morris

The information requested is in the following tables. They show that in the period 1993–94 to 1996–97 SSA per pupil in Staffordshire fell by £80 in real terms. Since 1997–98, total funding per pupil has increased by £330 per pupil in real terms.

Standard spending assessment per pupil
£
Staffordshire (before local government reorganisation) SSA England SSA
Cash
1990–91 1,680 1,820
1991–92 1,920 2,100
1992–93 2,040 2,240
1993–94 2,080 2,290
1994–95 2,100 2,300
1995–96 2,070 2,270
1996–97 2,170 2,350
Real Terms 2000–01 prices
1990–91 2,240 2,440
1991–92 2,430 2,650
1992–93 2,490 2,730
1993–94 2,480 2,720
1994–95 2,460 2,700
1995–96 2,360 2,580
1996–97 2,400 2,590

Standard spending assessent and special and specific grants per pupil
£
Staffordshire (after local government reorganisation) England
SSA Grant Total SSA Grant Total
Cash
1997–98 2,200 30 2,230 2,410 30 2,440
1998–99 2,310 30 2,340 2,540 40 2,580
1999–2000 2.420 80 2.510 2.660 110 2,770
2000–01 2,530 190 2,720 2,780 240 3,020
Real terms 2000–01 prices
1997–98 2,360 30 2,390 2,590 30 2,620
1998–99 2,410 40 2,450 2,650 40 2,690
1999–2000 2,470 90 2,560 2,710 120 2,830
2000–01 2,530 190 2,720 2,780 240 3,020