§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her estimate is of the average annual cost of schooling for an individual student taking three A-levels at(a)an English maintained secondary school and (b)an English maintained sixth form college. [48244]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe figures for school and college funding have not been calculated on the same basis and cannot therefore be used to make comparisons. The FE unit funding figure includes total public funding allocated for further education, while the schools' figure does not. It is based only on delegated funds and excludes other funding the school receives centrally from LEAs which impacts on post-16 students.
217WThe latest estimate of the average delegated funding per sixth form student in schools per year for 2001–02 is £3,330. The total funding per full time equivalent student in FE sector colleges per year for 2001–02 is £3,660. Separate figures for sixth form colleges are not available.