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Education Funding
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money the Government allocated per child in (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools in each constituency in (i) Norfolk and (ii) Suffolk in 2004–05. [221320]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Funding is allocated to local education authorities by age rather than phase and cannot be broken down by constituency. The following figures show funding provided by the Government for pupils aged 3–10 and 11–15 in 2004–05:
| LEA | Pupils aged 3–10 | Pupils aged 11–15 |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | 3,420 | 4,200 |
| Suffolk | 3,230 | 4,070 |
Notes:
1.The government allocates funds to LEAs via Education Formula Spending and grants. These funds are then distributed by the LEA to schools within their area according to their own local formulae. Education Formula Spending is part of the wider local government finance system and is supported by council tax as well as central government grant.
2.Total funding includes funding via Education Formula Spending and revenue grants. These figures include the pensions transfer to EFS and the Learning and Skills Council, and are in cash terms.
3.Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education EFS settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS and LSC.
4.Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3–10 and 11–15 and exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level.
5.The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations.
6.Figures are reported in cash terms and rounded to the nearest 10 as reported by the LEA.
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Mr. Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State forEducation and Skills what the level of funding per pupil in North Tyneside was in each year from 1996 to 2001. [221276]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: As a result of data changes and changes to the funding system, comparable figures are not available for 1996–97. The following table shows total funding per pupil aged 3 to 19 in North Tyneside from 1997–98 to 2001–02 in real terms.
| Per pupil (£) | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 2,690 |
| 1998–99 | 2,750 |
| 1999–2000 | 2,870 |
| 2000–01 | 3,150 |
| 2001–02 | 3,320 |
Notes:
1.Price base: Real terms at 2003–04 prices GDP deflators as at 30 September 2004.
2.Figures include formula funding and grants within the DfES Departmental Expenditure Limit.
3.They exclude Education Maintenance Allowances and grants not allocated at LEA level.
4.The pupil numbers used are those underlying the SSA settlement calculations plus PLASC 3 -year-old maintained pupils and estimated 3 to 4-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.
5.Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Further Education (Tunbridge Wells)
Mr. Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she expects the funding gap between school sixth forms and further education colleges in Tunbridge Wells to be closed. [221446]
Dr. Howells: The Department does not have information on what the funding gap is between school sixth forms and further education colleges in Tunbridge Wells specifically.
However, we have brought up funding levels for Further Education as we said we would, without penalising schools. The Learning and Skills Council's funding rates per course in FE have been rising faster than school sixth forms and the gap has narrowed.
Our policy has been to raise the level of funding for colleges, as and when we are able to secure the resources to do so.
GCSEs
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants graded A*, A and B at GCSE level in (a) mathematics, (b) chemistry and (c) physics were from (i) independent, (ii) grammar and (iii) maintained schools in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004; and what percentage of each cohort this was in each case. [221216]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The tables show for (A) 2003 and (B) 2004 the numbers of entrants and those achieving grades A*-B at GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) chemistry and (c) physics by type of institution, together with the proportions of the whole cohort that these numbers represent.
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Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants graded A*, A and B at GCSE level in (a) French, (b) German and (c) Spanish were from (i) independent, (ii) grammar and (iii) maintained schools in (A) 2003 and (B) 2004; and what percentage of each cohort this was in each case. [221218]
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Mr. Stephen Twigg: The following tables show for (A)2003 and (B) 2004 the numbers of entrants and thoseachieving grades A*-B at GCSE (a) French, (b) German and (c) Spanish by type of institution, together with the proportions of the whole cohort that these pupil numbers represent:
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