HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 c785W
Chris Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much, at today's prices, was spent on education of children aged under three years in each of the last 10 years. [186016]

Margaret Hodge

This information is not available centrally. All funding for under fives has been consolidated within the Education Formula Spending Share (EFSS)—the main source of funding for local authorities and schools. The resources are unhypothecated and it is for individual local authorities

Maintained primary schools1 average size of classes taught by one teacher2 position in January each year.1997 to 2004 (provisional v2)

Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency3
Key stage one Primary
Number of pupils Number of classes Average class size Number of pupils Number of classes Average class size
1997 3,510 130 26.4 8,670 320 27.5
1998 3,550 140 25.5 8,600 320 26.9
1999 3,500 140 25.5 8,330 310 27.1
2000 3,370 130 25.5 8,300 310 27.0
2001 3,150 130 23.8 8,100 310 25.9
2002 3,200 140 23.3 8,020 320 25.2
20034 2,970 120 24.0 7,580 300 25.4
20044.5 3,020 120 24.5 7,570 300 25.4
1 Includes middle schools as deemed
2 Classes as taught during the one selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
3.Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
4 Includes reception classes.
5 Provisional
Source:
Annual schools census