§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total cost of educating a child to age 16 was in each London borough in the most recent period for which figures are available. [169998]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information is available for the 2003—04 financial year and is contained within the following table:
Funding per pupil to age 16 LEA name £ Camden 70,900 Greenwich 64,600 Hackney 75,500 Hammersmith and Fulham 70,000 Islington 71,600 Kensington and Chelsea 73,500 Lambeth 73,600 Lewisham 67,900 Southwark 69,000 Tower Hamlets 75,100 Wandsworth 63,800 Westminster 68,600 Barking and Dagenham 54,300 Barnet 51,200 Bexley 47,300 Brent 60,000 Bromley 47,300
Net current expenditure Pre-primary education Primary education Pre-primary and primary Secondary education £ Special 1996–97 — n/a 1,880 2,640 19,520 1997–98 n/a n/a 1,890 2,630 20,190 1998–99 n/a n/a 2,010 2,690 19,950 1999–2000 4,690 2,170 2,180 2,780 23,920 2000–01 16,780 2,330 2,410 3,010 26,120 2001–02 30,560 2,570 2,740 3,430 27,410 2002–03 2,840 — 3,640 — Notes:
1. The financial data are taken from Sefton LEAs' Section 52 outturn statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously. 2002–03 data is subject to change by the LEA. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000. Hence, for consistency, the combined unit cost is provided since 1996–97 but due to LEA expenditure on pupils in independent nurseries the unit cost for primary education is a more robust measure.
2. The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the unit costs per pupil in 2002–03 are not strictly, comparable with earlier years as they include an apportionment of LEA expenditure based on pupil numbers. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Spending in 1997–98 reflects the transfer of monies from local government to central Government for the nursery vouchers scheme. These were returned to local government from 1998–99.
4. Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA.
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Funding per pupil to age 16 LEA name £ Croydon 51,900 Ealing 57,300 Enfield 53,500 Haringey 64,100 Harrow 51,700 Havering 47,100 Hillingdon 50,000 Hounslow 55,500 Kingston upon Thames 47,600 Merton 51,700 Newham 61,500 Redbridge 49,300 Richmond upon Thames 47,400 Sutton 48,000 Waltham Forest 57,700 Notes: 1. Funding includes education formula spending plus all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3–15. EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level are excluded. 2. The pupil numbers used are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations. 3. Figures are provisional as some grants in 2003–04 have not yet been finalised/audited. 4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100. 5. Figures are based on eight years of funding for pupils ages three to 10 and five years of funding for pupils ages 11–15. 6. Calculations are based on an LEA's total funding per pupil in 2003–04 multiplied by the average number of years in school.