§ Colin BurgonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the spending was per pupil(a)in the primary sector and (b)in the secondary sector for schools in the Element constituency in each year since 1996. [173931]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. Elmet is a district of Leeds local education authority. The information for Leeds LEA is as follows.
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Net current expenditure per pupil £ Primary education
Pre-Primary and primary
Secondary education
1996–97 n/a 1,933 2,542 1997–98 n/a 1,870 2,601 1998–99 n/a 2,092 2,727 1999–2000 2,278 2,299 2,773 2000–01 2,537 2,577 3,047 2001–02 2,739 2,807 3,588 2002–03 3,005 3,036 3,680 Notes:
1.The financial data are taken from Leeds LEA's section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000. Leeds LEA does not have any pre-primary pupils for the years 1999–2000 onwards so there is no pre-primary split to show. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance.
2.The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the unit costs per pupil in 2002–03 are not strictly comparable with earlier years as they include an apportionment of LEA expenditure based on pupil numbers. 2002–03 data are subject to change by the LEA. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
3.Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.
4.The NCE per pupil figures for pre-primary and primary relate the net current expenditure (after rechages) 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.
5.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.
6.The NCE per pupil figures for special schools relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained special schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained special schools sector.
7.Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.