§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the Portsmouth local education authority spending on education(a) above SSA per pupil for the primary and secondary sectors, (b) in total for 1990–91 to 2001–02 and (c) projected for the financial year 2002–03, adjusted for inflation at current values; and if she will make a statement. [30279]
§ Mr. TimmsPortsmouth local education authority did not exist as an LEA until 1997–98. The information for Portsmouth LEA is as follows:
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Real terms figures1 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 NCE per pupil Pre-pri/Primary 2,180 2,290 2,460 Secondary 2,820 2,860 3,030 Total 2,410 2,500 2,680 SSA per pupil Pre-pri/Primary 2,110 2,340 2,460 Secondary 3,070 3,120 3,120 Total 2,460 2,630 2,710 1Rounded to the nearest £10 Notes:
1. Figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 include grant maintained schools. Figures for 1999–2000 include ex-GM schools.
2. All figures are in real terms at 2000–01 prices, and rounded to the nearest £10.
3. Portsmouth came into being as a result of an LEA reorganisation in 1997–98. It did not exist as a separate LEA but was part of Hampshire LEA prior to 1997–98.
4. Expenditure is given by Net Current Expenditure (NCE) after recharges.
5. Expenditure data for 1990–2000 is taken from section 52 outturn statements completed by local education authorities and returned to the DfES. Data for all previous years is taken from DTLR's Revenue Outturn returns.
6. SSA figures implicitly cover funding for special schools, and there is no split available for special schools. The NCE figures provided here are for pre-primary and secondary only. Hence the two sets of figures are not comparable.
7. Pupil numbers used in calculating per pupil figures are financial year averages, based on January Annual School Census returns.
Information for 2000–01 and 2001–02 is not yet available and as a result it is not possible to arrive at a projection for 2002–03.