HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 cc486-7W
28. Mrs. Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on funding for schools education. [64423]

Mr. Miliband

Since 1997–98 recurrent funding per pupil has risen by an average £670 (24 per cent.) in real terms: by 2003–04 it will have increased by over £760 in real terms.

31. Mrs. Calton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the future of funding for schools education. [64426]

Mr. Miliband

We will be consulting on proposals for a new system of school and LEA funding over the summer, starting by mid-July. We aim to create a simpler, more transparent and fairer formula that reflects fairly, on the basis of up-to-date evidence, the needs of authorities in different parts of the country.

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