§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative cost was of those functions of her Department concerned with schools in each year since 1997; and how much that sum represented per pupil. [29660]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 23 January 2002]: Since 1997, the Government's agenda for raising standards in schools has led to the introduction of many new policies, programmes and strategies. For example,
Financial year 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 DFES further education administration costs (£000s) 1,717 1,471 2,578 1,763 DFES administrative cost per full time equivalent FE students (£s) 1.69 1.48 2.63 1.69 DfES higher education administrative costs (£000s) 6,162 8,358 5,501 6,358 DfES administrative cost per full time equivalent HE student (£s) 6.05 8.17 5.28 5.98
§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative cost was of those functions of her Department concerned with early years in each year since 1997; and how much that sum represented per pupil child under five in the population. [29663]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 23 January 2002]: The estimated administrative costs of my Department concerned with early years and the sums that these represent per child under five in the population in each of the years in question were:
Year Administrative costs (£000) Sum per child under five (£) 1997–98 612 0.20 1998–99 1,018 0.33 1999–2000 1,149 0.38 2000–01 1,623 0.54 The increase in funding for these functions reflects this Government's manifesto commitment to expand the early years sector, helping create new provision and to extend support for existing provision. This has mostly been achieved by redeploying resources from other functions in DIES. In real terms the Department's overall administrative costs were broadly the same in 2000–01 as they were in 1997–98.
112Wthe national literacy and numeracy strategies, working towards improved results at Key Stages 2 and 3, excellence in cities, along with modernising the teaching profession have all led to an increase in administrative spending on schools functions within the Department to ensure their effective delivery and continued success. However, this has mostly been achieved by redeploying resources from other functions in DfES. In real terms the Department's overall administrative costs were broadly the same in 2000–01 as they were in 1997–1998.
Administrative costs for schools related functions, along with the sums that these represent per pupil, each year since 1997 were as follows:
£ million £ per pupil 1997–98 23.4 2.85 1998–99 27.0 3.28 1999–2000 31.0 3.73 2000–01 34.5 4.14
§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative cost was of those functions of her Department concerned with(a) further and (b) higher education in each year since 1997; and how much those sums represented per full-term equivalent student. [29661]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 23 January 2002]: The figures are given in the table for the years in question: