§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will break down funding for each category under school spending in table 2.4 of the Department's Annual Report for 2004 between(a) grants provided by the Department, (b) revenue support grant, (c) amounts collected through the council tax and (d) other revenue streams for each local education authority for each financial year since 1998–99; [171769]
(2) pursuant to Table 2.2 of the Department's 2004 Annual Report, if he will break down the spending on schools between primary and secondary schools. [171770]
§ Mr. MilibandIt is not possible to answer these questions in precisely the way they have been asked as data are not collected centrally on this basis and local authorities are generally free to determine the distribution of grant between the primary and secondary sectors as they see fit, although the data in Table 2.3 indicate an approximate 45:55 split between primary and secondary schools.
Table 2.2 provides details of DfES grants to schools and local education authorities that support schools. The bulk of Government support for schools for the figures in Table 2.4 is provided through the Education Formula Spending Share, details of which are provided in Table 2.1, but it is not possible to sub-divide this distribution accurately between the sectors in Table 2.4.