§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much(a) revenue and (b) capital funding each local education authority has been allocated by the Department to establish pupil referral units. [148430]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 19 January 2004]The Department does not allocate funding specifically for the setting up or maintaining of pupil referral units. Local education authorities receive revenue funding for pupils with high cost needs through the high cost pupil sub-block of the Education Formula Spending Share. The proportion of pupils with high cost needs is estimated for each authority using population data, children in families in receipt of Income Support and low birth weight.