HC Deb 08 March 2001 vol 364 cc300-2W
Mr. Baker

To 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
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.

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