Excellence in Cities

HC Deb 05 May 2004 vol 420 c1575W

Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Manchester, Gorton have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception. [167446]

Mr. Miliband

The table shows the number of children in Manchester, Gorton benefiting from EiC, and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question.

	Number of children	Total EiC expenditure1(£)	Spend per pupil (£)
1999–2000	2,511	2132,000	52.57
2000–01	4,714	246,545	52.30
2001–02	4,437	621,273	140.02
2002–03	4,368	617,778	141.43
2003–04	4,361	1,204,434	276.18
1All funding figures supplied by Manchester Excellence in Cities Team.
2Estimate.

The large increase in the rate of EiC funding in 2003–04 is due to the extra funding; provided through the Behaviour Improvement Programme and the Leadership Incentive Grant.