§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Oldham, West and Royton have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception. [170919]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows the number of children in Oldham, West and Royton benefiting from EiC, and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question.
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Number of children Total EiC expenditure1(£) Spend per pupil (£) 2001–02 8,299 549,988 66.27 2002–03 8,184 1,833,178 224.00 2003–04 8,218 2,301,203 280.02 1All funding figures supplied by Oldham Excellence in Cities Team. The large increase in the rate of EiC funding in 2002–03 is due to the extra funding provided through the Behaviour Improvement Programme and the increase in 2003–04 is due to the introduction of the Leadership Incentive Grant.