§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding was spent per pupil on(a) primary and (b) secondary education in (i) Ribble Valley and Fulwood, (ii) Lancashire. and (iii) the North West in each of the last five years. [161807]
Net Current Expenditure per pupil Pre-primary education Primary education Pre-primary and primary education Secondary education Lancashire North West Lancashire North West Lancashire North West Lancashire North West 1997–98 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,824 1,853 2,631 2.60C 1998–99 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2,002 2,021 2,701 2.73S 1999–2000 7,130 8,759 2,108 2,150 2,173 2,203 2,763 2,834 2000–01 11,033 13,927 2,326 2,384 2,437 2,471 2,914 3,05S 2001–02 16,391 20,711 2,629 2,670 2,797 2,796 3,230 3,424 Notes:
1. The financial data are taken from local education authorities' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DIES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's ROI statement prior to then.
2. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
3. The NCE per pupil figures for pre-primary and primary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.
4. The NCE per pupil figures for secondary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained secondary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained secondary schools sector.
5. 1997–98 figures are for Lancashire L E X prior to local government reorganisation. From 1998–99 onwards parts of Lancashire LEA became Blackburn LEA and Blackpool LEA.
6. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance.
7. Figures used are cash terms as reported by the LEA.