§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average cost of a SATs test per pupil tested(a) nationally and (b) in East Sussex. [151853]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 6 March 2001]: The average cost of a National Curriculum assessment test per pupil per subject nationally in 2000 was £5.30. This covers the costs of developing, printing and distributing test papers across Key Stages 1–3; and costs of external marking and data collection for tests at Key Stage 2 and 3. The figure excludes the cost of supply cover for teachers
Central Government support to capital investment in London schools 1996–97 to 2000–01 £000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Total Barking 3,812 1,376 3,163 3,537 5,501 17,389 Barnet 3,055 1,763 5,417 3,894 10,695 24,824 Bexley 1,789 4,299 6,304 6,598 9,169 28,159 Brent 194 889 3,047 3,316 8,353 15,799 Bromley 1,614 1,400 2,591 3,776 8,921 18,302 Camden 350 623 1,859 2,497 5,331 10,660 City of London 37 1 1 40 73 152 Croydon 2,380 2,697 5,483 6,643 11,257 28,460 Ealing 719 5,164 9,515 7,042 10,019 32,459 Enfield 7,350 8,807 7,210 7,459 9,611 40,437 Greenwich 1,658 4,394 5,310 4,444 6,554 22,360 Hackney 993 2,369 3,615 4,170 5,940 17,087 Hammersmith 1,088 1,443 3,219 3,837 3,764 13,351 Haringey 2,713 4,729 7,291 6,202 8,519 29,454 Harrow 3,529 1,739 2,240 3,885 6,087 17,480 Havering 291 1,012 2,021 2,355 7,521 13,200 Hillingdon 3,879 2,828 4,573 5,361 10,734 27,375 Hounslow 3,104 3,786 4,489 3,791 7,287 22,457 Islington 250 869 2,443 2,760 7,306 13,628 Kensington and Chelsea 581 471 1,253 829 2,158 5,292 Kingston upon Thames 1,023 4,060 4,483 5,772 6,680 22,018 Lambeth 761 1,662 4,281 3,121 6,371 16,196 Lewisham 2,804 4,614 6,690 5,084 8,373 27,565 Merton 345 583 1,987 3,291 5,888 12,094 Newham 4,435 3,631 6,770 10,611 14,940 40,387 Redbridge 9,876 9,374 5,008 5,201 11,637 41,096 Richmond 221 628 2,876 3,595 6,110 13,430 Southwark 593 2,501 2,251 2,986 8,268 16,599 Sutton 4,174 5,691 5,269 4,673 9,572 29,379 Tower Hamlets 11,169 7,963 5,789 4,330 6,662 35,913 Waltham Forest 2,451 1,838 2,798 4,640 7,392 19,119 Wandsworth 1,182 861 1,897 3,476 6,980 14,396 Westminster 1,206 1,741 2,126 1,572 4,454 11,099 London Total 79,626 95,806 133,269 140,788 248,127 697,616 302W
Central Government support for private finance initiative investment in London schools 1997–98 to 2000–01 £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Total Lewisham 4,000 — — — 4,000 Enfield — 16,000 — — 16,000 Hillingdon — 19,000 — — 19,000 Westminster — 25,000 — — 25,000 Brent — — 23,000 — 23,000 Haringey — — 62,500 — 62,500 Lambeth — — 11,500 — 11,500 Tower Hamlets — — 68,500 — 68,500 Waltham Forest — — 18,500 — 18,500 Brent — — — 9,000 9,000 4,000 60,000 184,000 9,000 257,000 administering the national curriculum tests, audit costs and the administration costs incurred by schools.
It is not possible to identify costs below national level.