§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in(a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire had a cash budget cut this financial year. [81189]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 19 November 2002]The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas, rather than districts within an area. Chesham and Amersham is a district of Buckinghamshire Local Education Authority. In Buckinghamshire LEA, 36 schools had a fall in their cash budget share in 2002–03. Of these, six schools closed mid-year. Five of the 36 schools also had a fall in their cash budget share per pupil.
Changes in pupil numbers are the principal reason for changes in budget share. 200 schools did not have a fall in their budget share, but of these, six had a fall in their cash budget share per pupil. This was largely in cases where small primary schools had rising rolls and, therefore, received less of the extra funding that goes to the smallest schools under the authority's formula.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on each(a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03 in (A) Chesham and Amersham and (B) Buckinghamshire. [81190]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 19 November 2002]The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas, rather than districts within an area. Chesham and Amersham is a district of Buckinghamshire Local Education Authority. Buckinghamshire LEA spent(a) £2,250 per primary school pupil and (b) £3,030 per secondary school pupil in the 2000–01 financial year. The Department is in the process of collecting data for the 2001–02 financial year and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available. Data for 2002–03 will not be collected until September 2003.