HC Deb 09 April 2003 vol 403 cc290-1W
Mr. Ivan Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much additional funding has been given to(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the Harwich constituency in addition to their SSA, since 1997. [107689]

Mr. Miliband

It is not possible to identify precisely how much additional funding has been given to Harwich schools since 1997. The following table shows how much recurrent and capital funding was allocated to Essex primary and secondary schools between 1998–99 and 2002–03, the years for which data are available on a like-for-like basis. The Department allocates capital funding for schools at local education authority level (LEA) level, without specifying separate amounts for primary and secondary schools.

This is equivalent in 2002–03 to an average of £82,377 revenue for a primary school and £306,329 revenue for a secondary school, but funding for individual schools depends on decisions taken by the local education authority.

Revenue and Capital Grant—Primary and Secondary
£ million
1998–99 2002–03 Cash

change

Total Revenue Grant (Primary) 2.4 40.2 +37.8
Total Revenue Grant (Secondary) 1.6 24.2 +22.6
Revenue and Capital Grant—Primary and Secondary
£ million
1998–99 2002–03 Cash

change

Total Capital Grant (Primary and Secondary) 13.8 74.6 +60.8

Note:

1. Figures reflect all revenue and capital grants in DfES's Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to primary and secondary pupils (excluding EMA and a handful of others where it is not possible to get figures on a comparable basis over time).

Barnsley LEA and Doncaster LEA—Average expenditure per pupil
Barnsley Doncaster
Pre- primary and

primary

Secondary Pre-primary,

primary and

secondary

Pre-primary and

primary

Secondary Pre-primary,

primary and

secondary

1992–93 2,340 3,340 2,720 2,310 3,490 2,820
1993–94 2,290 3,220 2,650 2,270 3,200 2,680
1994–95 2,210 3,180 2,590 2,360 3,130 2,710
1995–96 2,100 2,800 2,370 2,180 2,880 2,480
1996–97 2,070 2,700 2,310 2,200 3,010 2,530
1997–98 2,030 2,760 2,310 2,250 2,950 2,530
1998–99 2,150 2,750 2,380 2,230 2,940 2,510
1999–2000 2,410 2,870 2,590 2,380 3,000 2,640
2000–01 2,570 3,040 2,760 2,460 3,270 2,810
2001–02 2,800 3,220 2,970 2,720 3,540 3,080

Notes:

1. Net Current Expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs.

2. Real Terms figures are adjusted to 2001–02 prices using the March 2003 GDP deflators.

3. Pre-primary, primary and secondary column contains the per pupil costs across all three phases of education. The figure is not a 'sum' but a weighted average of the previous two columns figures.

4. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

5. 'SEN Schools' expenditure not included because it distorts the unit costs and can make meaningful comparison difficult.

6. Financial data are drawn from the RO1 forms up to 1998–99 and from the DfES Section 52 outturn statements from 1999–2000.

7. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.

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