HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 c112W
Mrs. Humble

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Blackpool, North and Fleetwood have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception. [176203]

Mr. Miliband

The following table shows the number of children in Blackpool, North and Fleetwood benefiting from EiC, and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question

Number

of children

 Total EiC

expenditure1 (£)

 Spend per

pupil (£)
2001–02 2,812 169,297 60.21
2002–03 3,839 425,566 110.85
2003–04 3,989 1,108,479 277.88
All funding figures supplied by Blackpool Excellence in Cities Team.

The increase in Vie rate of EiC funding and the number of pupils benefiting in 2002-03 was due to the Education Action Zone coming under the control of the EiC Partnership. the increase in funding in 2003-04 was due to the introduction of the Leadership Incentive Grant and the Behaviour Improvement Programme.