Select Committee on Education and Skills Minutes of Evidence

Supplementary evidence from the National Secular Society

2001-02 EXPENDITURE AND PUPIL NUMBERS RECEIVING FREE OR ASSISTED HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT TO MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS. DESCENDING ORDER OF EXPENDITURE (NSS)

	LEA No:	LEA Name:	Primary Education cost	Secondary Education cost	Total main- stream cost	Primary pupils	Secondary pupils	Total main- stream	Cost per pupil—Total	Cost per pupil—Primary	Cost per pupil—Secondary
23	886	Kent	2,616,579	12,495,417	15,111,996	633	19,397	20,030	754	4,134	644
26	881	Essex	5,378,716	8,083,571	13,462,287	4,862	13,344	18,206	739	1,106	606
43	926	Norfolk	2,890,003	8,360,112	11,250,115	4,800	13,700	18,500	608	602	610
34	878	Devon	3,433,397	7,640,512	11,073,909	3,243	13,276	16,519	670	1,059	576
20	888	Lancashire	4,614,065	5,909,263	10,523,328	1,009	11,889	12,898	816	4,573	497
41	935	Suffolk	5,936,621	3,660,917	9,597,538	2,204	13,326	15,530	618	2,694	275
40	925	Lincolnshire	2,577,458	6,518,675	9,096,133	3,476	11,050	14,526	626	742	590
12	936	Surrey	2,980,140	5,879,348	8,859,488	2,753	5,716	8,469	1,046	1,083	1,029
64	815	North Yorkshire	3,009,950	5,107,739	8,117,689	4,227	13,331	17,558	462	712	383
45	850	Hampshire	2,536,000	5,074,000	7,610,000	2,843	9,834	12,677	600	892	516
18	919	Hertfordshire	2,415,865	4,716,922	7,132,787	973	7,582	8,555	834	2,483	622
53	825	Buckinghamshire	1,753,746	4,912,661	6,666,407	1,973	10,441	12,414	537	889	471
59	909	Cumbria	2,100,037	4,358,759	6,458,796	2,789	10,158	12,947	499	753	429
57	855	Leicestershire	1,061,986	5,289,415	6,351,401	1,554	11,152	12,706	500	683	474
77	840	Durham	1,112,847	5,114,571	6,227,418	2,243	15,817	18,060	345	496	323
39	875	Cheshire	1,686,821	4,475,005	6,161,826	1,761	8,058	9,819	628	958	555
55	873	Cambridgeshire	1,795,060	4,324,605	6,119,665	2,122	9,843	11,965	511	846	439
74	908	Cornwall	976,085	4,499,916	5,476,001	1,196	13,518	14,714	372	816	333
50	937	Warwickshire	1,725,389	3,427,828	5,153,217	1,401	7,817	9,218	559	1,232	439
54	860	Staffordshire	433,465	4,656,578	5,090,043	1,975	7,898	9,873	516	219	590
61	891	Nottinghamshire	2,033,508	3,038,810	5,072,318	2,995	7,380	10,375	489	679	412
46	916	Gloucestershire	1,358,792	3,485,073	4,843,865	1376	6,981	8,357	580	987	499
44	820	Bedfordshire	561,143	4,164,115	4,725,258	526	7,309	7,835	603	1,067	570
56	830	Derbyshire	931,140	3,764,646	4,695,786	995	8,190	9,185	511	936	460
27	885	Worcestershire	882,451	3,654,584	4,537,035	1,131	5,033	6,164	736	780	726
51	811	East Riding of Yorkshire	1,130,723	2,977,436	4,108,159	1,070	6,308	7,378	557	1,057	472
67	938	West Sussex	515,820	3,472,602	3,988,422	959	7,994	8,953	445	538	434
35	884	Herefordshire	1,454,292	1,895,254	3,349,546	1,378	3,693	5,071	661	1,055	513
10	380	Bradford	709,100	2,622,805	3,331,905	164	2,872	3,036	1,097	4,324	913
71	893	Shropshire	1,545,382	1,611,151	3,156,533	1,982	5,322	7,304	432	780	303
63	845	East Sussex	295,355	2,421,947	2,717,302	785	5,072	5,857	464	376	478
8	330	Birmingham	1,143,920	1,125,520	2,269,440	604	1163	1767	1,284	1,894	968
29	887	Medway	1,192,100	980,800	2,172,900	256	2,751	3,007	723	4,657	357
16	869	West Berkshire	586,552	1,207,853	1,794,405	328	1,684	2,012	892	1,788	717
52	802	North Somerset	578,423	1,141,912	1,720,335	893	2,272	3,165	544	648	503
1	316	Newham	1,045,304	524,320	1,569,624	181	123	304	5,163	5,775	4,263
25	800	Bath and North East Somerset	470,236	1,006,291	1,476,527	422	1,573	1,995	740	1,114	640
88	879	Plymouth	237,819	1,198,946	1,436,765	129	4,841	4,970	289	1,844	248
92	383	Leeds	379,440	1,048,584	1,428,024	263	5,076	5,339	267	1,443	207
36	359	Wigan	765,052	661,242	1,426,294	400	2,165	2,565	556	1,913	305
60	803	South Gloucestershire	601,045	738,196	1,339,241	543	2,194	2,737	489	1,107	336
6	890	Blackpool	712,080	595,122	1,307,202	84	290	374	3,495	8,477	2,052
33	312	Hillingdon	865,350	347,505	1,212,855	72	1,690	1,762	688	12,019	206
13	334	Solihull	528,758	653,256	1,182,014	288	891	1179	1,003	1,836	733
42	883	Thurrock	823,859	326,846	1,150,705	342	1,539	1,881	612	2,409	212
85	813	North Lincolnshire	0	1,130,625	1,130,625	894	2,793	3,687	307	0	405
32	826	Milton Keynes	483,963	595,104	1,079,067	379	1,181	1,560	692	1,277	504
78	921	Isle of Wight	61,360	948,588	1,009,948	158	2,846	3,004	336	388	333
	320	Waltham Forest	589,919	403,530	993,449	83	31	114	8,714	7,107	13,017
58	381	Calderdale	160,489	816,764	977,253	90	1,865	1,955	500	1,783	438
91	344	Wirral	349,813	592,873	942,686	215	3,275	3,490	270	1,627	181
65	866	Swindon	550,351	359,617	909,968	155	1,827	1,982	459	3,551	197
19	872	Wokingham	86,895	821,305	908,200	53	1,051	1,104	823	1,640	781
48	877	Warrington	268,497	608,615	877,112	132	1,428	1,560	562	2,034	426
22	302	Barnet	218,101	640,345	858,446	133	983	1,116	769	1,640	651
37	808	Stockton-on-Tees	465,643	382,369	848,012	503	815	1,318	643	926	469
14	333	Sandwell	363,005	482,716	845,721	191	724	915	924	1,901	667
31	831	Derby	376,082	454,709	830,791	195	990	1,185	701	1,929	459
70	816	York	96,710	709,742	806,452	197	1,665	1862	433	491	426
62	308	Enfield	202,005	576,855	778,860	200	1,658	1,858	419	1,010	348
	358	Trafford	403,046	364,625	767,671	300	600	900	853	1,343	608
81	317	Redbridge	231,912	512,140	744,052	409	1,854	2,263	329	567	276
104	341	Liverpool	24,064	636,914	660,978	303	9,970	10,273	64	79	64
30	889	Blackburn with Darwen	152,251	456,752	609,003	68	800	868	702	2,239	571
2	313	Hounslow	465,161	133,625	598,786	94	33	127	4,715	4,949	4,049
49	336	Wolverhampton	283,011	291,539	574,550	189	833	1,022	562	1,497	350
73	307	Ealing	244,397	313,065	557,462	156	1,256	1,412	395	1,567	249
86	841	Darlington	81,371	459,051	540,422	132	1,641	1,773	305	616	280
24	812	North East Lincolnshire	212,481	325,722	538,203	174	545	719	749	1,221	598
66	351	Bury	272,352	256,282	528,634	28	1,151	1,179	448	9,727	223
11	868	Windsor and Maidenhead	104,060	402,373	506,433	23	454	477	1,062	4,524	886
4	353	Oldham	188,288	283,856	472,144	62	50	112	4,216	3,037	5,677
47	867	Bracknell Forest	35,083	436,708	471,791	20	819	839	562	1,754	533
93	331	Coventry	97,246	370,508	467,754	29	1,769	1,798	260	3,353	209
83	342	St. Helens	23,573	415,539	439,112	9	1,392	1,401	313	2,619	299
7	892	Nottingham	145,246	278,402	423,648	100	184	284	1,492	1,452	1,513
15	806	Middlesbrough	212,940	209,538	422,478	210	255	465	909	1,014	822
21	303	Bexley	285,000	126,000	411,000	128	380	508	809	2,227	332
90	343	Sefton	102,037	291,574	393,611	280	1,175	1,455	271	364	248
97	861	Stoke-on-Trent	10,635	352,247	362,882	816	778	1,594	228	13	453
76	319	Sutton	252,765	103,586	356,351	259	749	1,008	354	976	138
9	332	Dudley	199,972	138,964	338,936	111	187	298	1,137	1,802	743
5	350	Bolton	81,529	256,832	338,361	42	39	81	4,177	1,941	6,585
28	882	Southend-on-Sea	51,452	284,243	335,695	137	323	460	730	376	880
75	335	Walsall	96,714	225,744	322,458	75	792	867	372	1,290	285
17	355	Salford	229,282	91,936	321,218	80	283	363	885	2,866	325
3	212	Wandsworth	83,612	205,938	289,550	57	8	65	4,455	1,467	25,742
89	391	Newcastle upon Tyne	134,436	144,095	278,531	40	941	981	284	3,361	153
87	311	Havering	69,314	200,335	269,649	171	749	920	293	405	267
98	352	Manchester	0	261,886	261,886	84	1,248	1,332	197	0	210
101	372	Rotherham	90,854	169,917	260,771	1,729	42	1,771	147	53	4,046
96	837	Bournemouth	138,942	121,473	260,415	12	1,114	1,126	231	11,579	109
80	805	Hartlepool	46,421	195,275	241,696	113	617	730	331	411	316
99	821	Luton	-5,625	241,102	235,477	64	1,180	1,244	189	-88	204
69	340	Knowsley	5,316	221,915	227,231	5	513	518	439	1,063	433
79	392	North Tyneside	163,150	51,584	214,734	60	584	644	333	2,719	88
102	801	Bristol City of	105,939	70,100	176,039	151	1,114	1,265	139	702	63
100	807	Redcar and Cleveland	41,550	97,433	138,983	250	565	815	171	166	172
38	876	Halton	0	135,356	135,356	0	215	215	630	-	630
94	314	Kingston upon Thames	50,183	79,232	129,415	197	304	501	258	255	261
95	207	Kensington and Chelsea	67,391	55,672	123,063	174	308	482	255	387	181
84	852	Southampton	51,748	64,856	116,604	71	309	380	307	729	210
103	390	Gateshead	19,587	84,721	104,308	94	1,268	1,362	77	208	67
82	211	Tower Hamlets	14,565	67,483	82,048	44	212	256	321	331	318
105	356	Stockport	3,238	52,796	56,034	255	940	1,195	47	13	56
68	206	Islington	18,898	15,816	34,714	18	60	78	445	1,050	264
107	373	Sheffield	11,833	10,659	22,492	257	1,320	1,577	14	46	8
109	208	Lambeth	7,022	0	7,022	164	907	1,071	7	43	0
108	394	Sunderland	576	6,388	6,964	274	751	1,025	7	2	9
106	870	Reading	1,593	4,281	5,874	29	231	260	23	55	19
72	201	City of London	95	4,151	4,246	1	9	10	425	95	461
		TOTALS	82,261,213	179,274,616	261,535,829	78,329	388,506	466,835	89,035	1,050	461
		Average	741,092	1,615,087	2,356,179	706	3,500	4,206	802
Changes made
36	359	Wigan	765,052	661,242	1,426,294	4	2,165	2,169	658	191,263	305
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36	359	Wigan	765,052	661,242	1,426,294	400	2,165	2,565	556	1,913	305
62	308	Enfield	202,005	576,855	778,860	2	1,658	1,660	469	101,003	348
	to
62	308	Enfield	202,005	576,855	778,860	200	1,658	1,858	419	1,010	348
		Trafford	403,046	364,625	767,671	2	5	7	109,667	201,523	72,925
		to
		Trafford	403,046	364,625	767,671	300	600	900	853	1,343	608

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Prepared 29 July 2004