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Qualifications

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of economically inactive adults without a Level 2 qualification are claiming benefits for people of working age. [25476]

Phil Hope: Analysis of the Labour Force Survey (Spring 2005) indicates that 51 per cent. of economically inactive people aged 16–59/64, in England, are without a Level 2 qualification. Of those economically inactive people, approximately 53 per cent. claim benefits (other than child benefit). In comparison, approximately 31 per cent. of economically inactive people aged 16–59/
 
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64, in England, who are qualified to NVQ level 2 equivalent or above, claim benefits (other than child benefit).

School Building Programme

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans there are to rebuild or remodel schools in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England. [26506]

Jacqui Smith: Complete information is not held in the form requested.

The Department is continuing to increase its capital support for investment in schools in England, from £5.5 billion in 2005–06, rising to £6.3 billion in 2007–08. Much of this funding is allocated to local authorities and schools by needs related formulae, so that decisions on how to target these resources can be taken locally in accordance with local asset management plans.

Building Schools for the Future (BSF), is our strategic programme which aims to rebuild and renew all secondary schools over 15 years starting in 2005–06. Prioritisation is based on our published criteria of relative educational and social need, which is being applied fairly and consistently, and all local authorities have been provided with indicative planning information to inform their own plans. We have announced those authorities that have joined the programme in the first three waves.

They are:

Wave 1: Bradford, Bristol, Gateshead, Greenwich, Knowsley, Lancashire, Leicester City, Leeds, Lewisham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, Southwark, Stoke on Trent, Sunderland, and Waltham Forest.

Wave 2: Birmingham, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Kingston upon Hull, Lambeth, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Nottingham City, and Tower Hamlets.

Wave 3: Barnsley, Durham, Derbyshire, Kent, Luton, North Lincolnshire, Salford, Sandwell, Tameside, and Westminster.

For those projects in BSF waves 1 to 3, 12 schools in South Tyneside and Gateshead and 39 other schools in the north-east region will benefit from BSF investment. Nationally projects in waves 1 to 3 will cover around 350 schools.

In addition, from 2008–09 we will be launching a new primary programme, with the aim of renewing at least half of primary school buildings over 15 years. We will be launching a consultation on that early in the new year.

School Expansions

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether there is a limit to the size to which a successful school can expand under the proposals in the White Paper: Higher Standards, Better Education for All". [26504]

Jacqui Smith: There is no maximum size to which a successful school may expand under the proposals in the White Paper. This is a matter for local determination. Both large and small schools may be successful. There
 
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are a range of strategies for the internal organisation of schools, and schools may spread their expertise by federation and collaboration as well as expansion.

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools she expects to apply to expand in each of the next five years after plans to change presumption of the local education authority to be in favour of such an application are implemented. [26507]

Jacqui Smith: A fast-track for the expansion of successful and popular secondary schools was introduced in August of this year. At the same time, statutory guidance reinforced the presumption that such proposals should be approved. Expansion of schools is a matter for the schools themselves and the local education authority, and we have no targets for the numbers that should expand. However, over 1,300 secondary schools currently have no spare capacity, and we estimate that some 80 schools a year might wish to expand.

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evidence she has collated on the effects on schools of choosing whether to apply to expand the powers of local education authorities to restrict and refuse such applications. [26508]

Jacqui Smith: All maintained schools may publish their own proposals to expand, and local authorities may also publish proposals for the expansion of community and foundation schools. Local authorities may decide their own proposals if there are no objections. Proposals are otherwise decided by the local School Organisation Committee or, where the Committee cannot agree unanimously, by the Schools Adjudicator. Statutory guidance to the decision-makers says that there should be a presumption in favour of approval of proposals to expand by successful and popular schools, and we have made capital available to support the expansion of such schools.

Local authorities may object to proposals by a governing body to expand their school, as may governing bodies to proposals by the authority if they do not agree. Four proposals by schools to expand have been rejected since the presumption in favour was introduced in June 2003.

School Food Trust

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she expects to name the board members of the School Food Trust. [25276]

 
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Jacqui Smith: The Board members for the School Food Trust have now been appointed and are as follows:

Chair

Suzi Leather, interim Chair of the School Food Trust and also Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Members

Beverley Baker, Head of Commercial Services for Surrey County Council

Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform

John Dyson, adviser to the British Hospitality Association on all food and technical matters

Andrew Gillard, Programme Area Manager at Peterborough Regional College

Julian Hunt, Editor of The Grocer and a school governor

Maggie Jones, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at UNISON

Paul Kelly, Corporate Affairs Director for Compass Group PLC

Carmell McConnell, founder of Magic Breakfast

Kristina Murrin, founder of What If!

Sir John Oldham, Head of the National Primary Care Development Team

Jeanette Orrey, school meals policy adviser for the Soil Association

Rob Rees, interim Board member of the School Food Trust, former restaurateur, chef and adviser

Sir Tom Shebbeare, Director of Charities to HRH the Prince of Wales

Sheila Walker, Head of Catering Services at Birmingham City Council

Ian Wasson, general manager of Devon Direct Services and former chair of LACA

Adviser to the Trust

Michael Holmes QBE, national spokesman on healthy eating and public sector procurement for the National Farmers Union

School Funding

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) mean, (b) upper decile and (c) lower decile funding were for each (i) primary and (ii) secondary pupil in each local education authority school (A) in the last year for which information is available and (B) in 2000. [25414]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 7 November 2005]: The information requested is contained within the following table:

	Number of schools included in analysis(21)(5508320022)				Primary school budget share (plus grants)£ per pupil
	Primary		Secondary		Lower decile(23)		Mean(24)		Upper decile(23)
Local authority name	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06
Barking and Dagenham	49	49	8	9	2,020	2,930	2,160	3,180	2,360	3,560
Barnet	90	89	21	19	1,970	2,780	2,230	3,290	2,660	4,230
Barnsley	87	79	14	14	1,610	2,620	1,740	2,910	2,050	3,350
Bath and North East Somerset	69	62	13	13	1,650	2,320	1,950	2,620	2,810	3,380
Bedfordshire	147	146	57	57	1,570	2,380	1,780	2,720	2,710	3,960
Bexley	63	59	16	16	1,650	2,460	1,830	2,760	2,160	3,510
Birmingham	328	305	77	76	1,930	2,880	2,180	3,310	2,600	4,110
Blackburn and Darwen	59	57	9	9	1,810	2,650	2,060	3,000	2,430	3,480
Blackpool	33	30	8	8	1,650	2,530	1,790	2,890	2,020	3,370
Bolton	105	99	16	16	1,740	2,450	1,890	2,720	2,150	3,150
Bournemouth	28	27	9	10	1,640	2,310	1,840	2,570	2,200	3,000
Bracknell Forest	33	29	6	6	1,710	2,590	1,830	2,730	2,040	3,000
Bradford	149	159	25	28	1,680	2,690	1,800	3,080	2,020	3,700
Brent	60	61	13	13	2,160	3,040	2,370	3,400	2,730	4,030
Brighton and Hove	58	56	10	9	1,660	2,370	1,790	2,660	2,090	3,260
Bromley	78	77	17	18	1,700	2,310	1,940	2,700	2,850	3,820
Buckinghamshire	193	185	34	34	1,510	2,440	1,740	2,820	2,600	4,350
Bury	69	63	14	14	1,590	2,470	1,760	2,710	2,110	3,080
Calderdale	89	85	15	15	1,690	2,540	1,870	2,840	2,270	3,580
Cambridgeshire	207	202	31	31	1,560	2,420	1,780	2,700	2,320	3,360
Camden	42	41	10	9	2,340	3,460	2,630	3,970	2,900	4,500
Cheshire	290	279	43	44	1,610	2,320	1,830	2,690	2,420	3,540
City of Bristol	119	118	20	17	1,710	2,500	2,000	2,940	2,440	3,860
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull	80	77	16	15	1,810	2,650	2,020	3,010	2,400	3,540
City of London(22)	1	1	0	0	4,180	5,080	4,180	5,080	4,180	5,080
Cornwall	245	237	31	31	1,610	2,560	1,860	2,880	2,810	4,360
Coventry	89	84	19	19	1,680	2,600	1,840	2,990	2,130	3,910
Croydon	94	90	21	21	1,940	2,670	2,170	3,060	2,500	3,910
Cumbria	294	281	42	42	1,780	2,570	2,000	2,930	2,780	4,020
Darlington	32	30	7	7	1,580	2,380	1,710	2,750	2,000	3,280
Derby	79	78	14	13	1,470	2,520	1,760	3,040	2,280	3,860
Derbyshire	362	358	47	47	1,460	2,350	1,670	2,720	2,490	3,980
Devon	322	313	37	37	1,570	2,550	1,810	2,840	2,680	4,060
Doncaster	113	103	17	16	1,760	2,580	1,880	2,800	2,100	3,360
Dorset	138	138	37	34	1,540	2,300	1,780	2,760	2,380	3,850
Dudley	82	82	22	22	1,760	2,560	1,910	2,880	2,210	3,400
Durham	247	241	36	36	1,640	2,520	1,860	2,870	2,510	3,980
Ealing	65	64	13	12	2,070	2,980	2,250	3,350	2,680	4,130
East Riding of Yorkshire	135	132	18	18	1,600	2,450	1,770	2,820	2,500	4,000
East Sussex	155	156	26	27	1,620	2,410	1,800	2,780	2,370	3,840
Enfield	66	67	16	17	1,930	2,870	2,130	3,290	2,370	3,740
Essex	475	473	79	80	1,710	2,490	1,900	2,820	2,430	3,690
Gateshead	74	75	10	10	1,760	2,530	1,930	2,840	2,270	3,520
Gloucestershire	248	248	42	42	1,540	2,450	1,730	2,720	2,440	3,730
Greenwich	69	64	14	13	2,180	3,060	2,490	3,490	2,890	3,980
Hackney	59	53	10	9	2,560	3,810	2,810	4,120	3,210	4,610
Halton	53	52	9	8	1,730	2,510	2,040	3,090	2,500	4,160
Hammersmith and Fulham	37	35	9	9	2,280	3,360	2,580	3,850	3,030	4,500
Hampshire	438	432	71	71	1,690	2,470	1,880	2,840	2,430	3,690
Haringey	70	63	11	10	2,100	3,170	2,260	3,530	2,470	3,880
Harrow	56	54	10	10	1,960	2,880	2,210	3,310	2,620	3,950
Hartlepool	30	30	6	6	1,640	2,570	1,820	2,950	2,460	3,930
Havering	68	65	18	18	1,840	2,640	2,000	2,960	2,210	3,410
Herefordshire	85	83	14	14	1,660	2,460	1,880	2,750	2,710	3,540
Hertfordshire	426	408	85	82	1,710	2,440	1,910	2,780	2,320	3,540
Hillingdon	67	66	17	15	1,900	2,920	2,080	3,250	2,430	3,700
Hounslow	64	60	14	14	1,970	2,860	2,280	3,280	2,760	3,810
Isle of Wight	46	46	21	21	1,920	2,670	2,080	2,950	2,660	3,750
Isles of Scilly(22)	4	1	1	0	2,980	6,270	3,480	6,270	10,850	6,270
Islington	49	45	9	9	2,190	3,480	2,420	3,900	2,650	4,450
Kensington and Chelsea	26	26	4	4	2,880	3,850	3,110	4,240	3,540	4,780
Kent	475	470	105	103	1,670	2,400	1,850	2,730	2,390	3,550
Kingston upon Thames	37	37	10	10	1,850	2,800	2,000	3,080	2,330	3,370
Kirklees	152	150	32	32	1,660	2,630	1,970	3,100	2,640	4,170
Knowsley	60	59	11	11	1,740	2,490	1,860	2,870	2,040	3,560
Lambeth	62	59	10	10	2,400	3,950	2,610	4,310	2,940	4,790
Lancashire	502	486	89	88	1,600	2,500	1,840	2,900	2,530	4,010
Leeds	244	222	43	40	1,760	2,660	1,960	3,050	2,370	3,800
Leicester	87	84	16	16	1,700	2,420	1,900	2,800	2,130	3,440
Leicestershire	226	226	54	54	1,590	2,390	1,730	2,670	2,450	3,880
Lewisham	70	69	13	12	2,400	3,500	2,620	3,790	2,890	4,220
Lincolnshire	289	287	63	63	1,630	2,270	1,820	2,540	2,590	3,460
Liverpool	157	135	33	31	1,810	2,610	2,080	3,200	2,500	4,270
Luton	57	57	12	12	1,780	2,650	1,990	3,080	2,260	3,510
Manchester	150	134	25	22	1,800	2,640	1,950	2,960	2,150	3,430
Medway	89	84	20	19	1,770	2,630	2,010	3,010	2,550	3,800
Merton	49	43	11	8	2,020	2,910	2,210	3,200	2,620	3,740
Middlesbrough	47	42	11	6	1,660	2,430	1,930	3,000	2,160	3,650
Milton Keynes	82	89	11	10	1,620	2,480	1,790	2,820	2,560	3,840
Newcastle upon Tyne	76	72	21	14	1,770	2,350	2,050	2,830	2,480	3,740
Newham	64	66	14	15	1,980	3,440	2,170	3,760	2,580	4,530
Norfolk	385	385	52	52	1,700	2,440	1,940	2,840	2,800	4,250
North East Lincolnshire	60	59	12	12	1,730	2,530	1,860	2,790	2,050	3,260
North Lincolnshire	69	67	14	14	1,670	2,270	1,860	2,600	2,620	3,560
North Somerset	65	65	10	10	1,580	2,380	1,780	2,710	2,280	3,610
North Tyneside	56	56	20	15	1,590	2,450	1,750	2,710	2,030	3,350
North Yorkshire	328	329	47	47	1,580	2,450	1,810	2,810	3,040	4,680
Northamptonshire	270	265	59	39	1,730	2,370	1,920	2,700	2,370	3,590
Northumberland	142	139	59	59	1,610	2,540	1,880	2,980	3,260	4,980
Nottingham City	101	89	20	17	1,890	2,770	2,270	3,260	3,250	4,240
Nottinghamshire	314	300	58	47	1,500	2,310	1,650	2,630	2,190	3,570
Oldham	101	94	15	15	1,660	2,390	1,920	2,710	2,300	3,120
Oxfordshire	234	233	45	34	1,700	2,490	1,880	2,780	2,420	3,550
Peterborough	57	58	13	13	1,720	2,580	2,010	2,950	2,400	3,610
Plymouth	78	74	18	17	1,680	2,480	1,880	2,780	2,270	3,390
Poole	30	29	9	9	1,750	2,400	1,860	2,600	2,150	3,120
Portsmouth	53	53	10	10	1,900	2,660	2,060	3,030	2,450	3,720
Reading	38	37	8	7	1,650	2,470	1,830	2,850	2,090	3,270
Redbridge	52	51	16	17	1,740	2,670	1,870	2,930	2,040	3,220
Redcar and Cleveland	51	45	13	11	1,690	2,410	1,940	2,860	2,440	4,020
Richmond upon Thames	39	41	8	8	1,880	2,760	2,050	3,100	2,370	3,840
Rochdale	76	72	14	14	1,610	2,650	1,780	3,040	2,170	3,610
Rotherham	110	104	17	16	1,650	2,490	1,850	2,800	2,150	3,370
Rutland	18	17	3	3	1,810	2,610	2,050	3,040	2,400	4,460
Salford	84	83	15	14	1,640	2,340	1,840	2,800	2,160	3,400
Sandwell	102	98	20	18	1,740	2,580	1,960	2,920	2,340	3,490
Sefton	90	82	22	20	1,740	2,500	1,980	2,840	2,590	3,540
Sheffield	148	140	27	27	1,620	2,340	1,890	2,770	2,420	3,540
Shropshire	144	143	22	22	1,520	2,410	1,730	2,670	2,250	3,540
Slough	31	27	11	11	1,970	2,720	2,230	3,010	2,560	3,350
Solihull	68	67	13	13	1,620	2,300	1,820	2,630	2,120	3,120
Somerset	224	224	39	39	1,660	2,430	1,870	2,800	2,510	4,100
South Gloucestershire	97	96	14	14	1,560	2,310	1,740	2,630	2,240	3,530
South Tyneside	57	53	11	10	1,720	2,530	1,900	2,950	2,150	4,300
Southampton	67	63	14	14	1,930	2,550	2,150	2,950	2,600	3,690
Southend	43	35	12	12	1,850	2,450	2,020	2,830	2,330	3,350
Southwark	71	72	12	12	2,470	3,670	2,660	4,080	2,870	4,610
St. Helens	60	56	12	11	1,680	2,470	1,840	2,740	2,060	3,080
Staffordshire	313	304	69	68	1,600	2,420	1,740	2,680	2,200	3,500
Stockport	103	96	14	14	1,630	2,400	1,820	2,730	2,140	3,360
Stockton-on-Tees	64	62	13	14	1,690	2,550	1,930	2,900	2,410	3,550
Stoke on Trent	88	70	17	17	1,630	2,490	1,750	2,770	2,000	3,090
Suffolk	255	252	78	78	1,740	2,400	1,960	2,780	2,920	4,020
Sunderland	96	84	17	18	1,780	2,560	2,040	2,870	2,540	3,420
Surrey	327	317	52	53	1,710	2,470	1,900	2,860	2,430	3,860
Sutton	43	41	14	14	1,860	2,590	2,050	2,890	2,290	3,510
Swindon	70	67	11	10	1,580	2,300	1,760	2,590	2,190	3,040
Tameside	79	76	18	18	1,660	2,460	1,830	2,750	2,300	3,460
Telford and Wrekin	66	58	13	13	1,540	2,320	1,750	2,690	2,090	3,340
Thurrock	47	45	10	10	1,780	2,610	1,920	2,870	2,120	3,300
Torbay	33	31	8	8	1,650	2,470	1,800	2,720	2,150	3,550
Tower Hamlets	73	69	15	15	2,750	4,090	3,010	4,400	3,320	4,870
Trafford	123	73	31	18	1,590	2,270	1,800	2,570	2,300	3,520
Wakefield	130	123	18	18	1,530	2,640	1,670	2,940	1,940	3,650
Walsall	94	93	20	19	1,700	2,580	1,920	2,930	2,260	3,600
Waltham Forest	65	58	16	17	2,090	3,000	2,270	3,290	2,520	3,710
Wandsworth	56	56	9	10	2,140	3,210	2,350	3,630	2,610	4,240
Warrington	74	71	12	12	1,620	2,380	1,790	2,650	2,200	3,360
Warwickshire	198	195	37	37	1,660	2,350	1,860	2,670	2,330	3,360
West Berkshire	68	64	10	10	1,680	2,570	1,950	2,900	2,850	4,140
West Sussex	248	242	39	40	1,710	2,450	1,900	2,740	2,700	3,660
Westminster	40	40	8	8	2,490	3,530	2,760	4,150	3,050	4,720
Wigan	112	106	21	21	1,650	2,480	1,840	2,780	2,170	3,560
Wiltshire	217	215	33	32	1,620	2,350	1,810	2,620	2,540	3,440
Windsor and Maidenhead	46	46	14	13	1,760	2,610	2,050	2,960	2,700	3,800
Wirral	101	101	23	22	1,560	2,330	1,770	2,710	2,130	3,540
Wokingham	54	52	9	9	1,640	2,490	1,800	2,790	2,170	3,590
Wolverhampton	89	80	18	18	1,710	2,530	1,920	2,960	2,330	3,660
Worcestershire	197	190	61	57	1,580	2,410	1,790	2,750	2,390	3,610
York	58	54	11	11	1,640	2,350	1,820	2,670	2,210	3,270

 
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	Secondary school budget share (plus grants) £ per pupil
	Lower decile(23)		Mean(24)		Upper decile(23)
Local authority name	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06	2000–01	2005–06
Barking and Dagenham	2,800	4,190	2,880	4,430	2,990	5,210
Barnet	2,700	3,820	2,880	4,200	3,030	4,600
Barnsley	2,300	3,370	2,440	3,750	2,620	4,280
Bath and North East Somerset	2,450	3,100	2,540	3,280	2,860	3,800
Bedfordshire	1,880	2,610	2,320	3,280	2,760	3,760
Bexley	2,490	3,470	2,560	3,780	2,640	4,190
Birmingham	2,620	3,840	2,890	4,290	3,390	5,210
Blackburn and Darwen	2,440	3,460	2,640	3,630	2,880	3,880
Blackpool	2,240	3,470	2,380	3,610	2,630	3,890
Bolton	2,430	3,420	2,560	3,670	2,750	4,100
Bournemouth	2,360	3,230	2,470	3,460	2,600	4,070
Bracknell Forest	2,530	3,440	2,590	3,650	2,740	4,170
Bradford	2,290	3,610	2,470	3,860	2,720	4,430
Brent	3,040	4,370	3,170	4,700	3,310	5,300
Brighton and Hove	2,460	3,360	2,580	3,580	2,870	4,010
Bromley	2,520	3,610	2,630	3,770	2,830	4,020
Buckinghamshire	2,120	3,220	2,260	3,400	2,360	3,640
Bury	2,290	3,290	2,500	3,560	2,700	3,940
Calderdale	2,370	3,450	2,450	3,680	2,750	4,360
Cambridgeshire	2,200	2,920	2,370	3,270	2,710	3,900
Camden	3,190	4,780	3,510	5,090	3,850	5,620
Cheshire	2,300	3,050	2,460	3,290	2,970	3,840
City of Bristol	2,580	3,680	2,840	4,150	3,330	4,720
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull	2,410	3,410	2,550	3,750	2,850	4,440
City of London(22)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cornwall	2,230	3,440	2,350	3,590	2,440	3,790
Coventry	2,460	3,510	2,560	3,770	2,790	4,310
Croydon	2,580	3,390	2,790	3,860	3,120	4,510
Cumbria	2,450	3,420	2,600	3,640	3,080	4,410
Darlington	2,410	3,580	2,480	3,730	2,560	3,960
Derby	2,350	3,470	2,590	3,790	3,330	4,640
Derbyshire	2,270	3,290	2,450	3,560	2,790	4,160
Devon	2,310	3,230	2,430	3,380	2,540	3,490
Doncaster	2,530	3,640	2,670	3,870	2,780	4,080
Dorset	1,780	2,560	2,300	3,400	2,640	3,850
Dudley	2,330	3,330	2,490	3,590	2,770	4,040
Durham	2,320	3,310	2,490	3,570	2,770	4,120
Ealing	2,750	4,250	2,900	4,510	3,220	4,960
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,280	3,280	2,350	3,430	2,440	3,660
East Sussex	2,440	3,330	2,610	3,530	2,720	3,800
Enfield	2,710	3,990	2,850	4,240	3,020	4,590
Essex	2,500	3,450	2,610	3,690	2,780	4,040
Gateshead	2,350	3,530	2,450	3,850	2,710	4,450
Gloucestershire	2,230	3,390	2,330	3,590	2,460	3,900
Greenwich	3,020	4,240	3,320	4,610	3,640	4,960
Hackney	3,400	5,000	3,610	5,140	3,810	5,400
Halton	2,500	3,820	2,730	4,140	3,570	4,780
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,990	4,010	3,410	4,890	3,890	5,700
Hampshire	2,360	3,340	2,490	3,540	2,810	3,970
Haringey	2,920	4,420	3,090	4,630	3,320	4,980
Harrow	2,780	3,990	2,920	4,380	3,210	4,770
Hartlepool	2,540	3,830	2,620	3,990	2,710	4,200
Havering	2,720	3,880	2,840	4,170	3,130	4,860
Herefordshire	2,260	3,210	2,400	3,430	2,700	3,710
Hertfordshire	2,430	3,400	2,550	3,670	2,800	4,010
Hillingdon	2,780	3,960	2,960	4,210	4,030	4,540
Hounslow	2,620	3,660	2,910	3,960	3,170	4,230
Isle of Wight	1,970	2,840	2,410	3,390	2,740	3,750
Isles of Scilly(22)	5,370	—	5,370	—	5,370	—
Islington	3,100	4,770	3,320	5,050	3,540	5,230
Kensington and Chelsea	3,810	5,390	3,950	5,570	4,030	5,790
Kent	2,410	3,290	2,520	3,530	2,780	4,030
Kingston upon Thames	2,550	3,880	2,620	4,010	2,760	4,270
Kirklees	2,030	3,000	2,550	3,720	2,970	4,930
Knowsley	2,790	3,600	2,860	3,770	2,920	4,070
Lambeth	3,410	4,870	3,680	5,190	3,910	5,600
Lancashire	2,230	3,130	2,500	3,480	2,890	3,900
Leeds	2,450	3,460	2,700	3,770	3,340	4,410
Leicester	2,300	3,410	2,430	3,760	2,590	4,200
Leicestershire	2,030	2,850	2,360	3,360	2,700	3,810
Lewisham	3,390	4,580	3,510	4,800	3,660	5,270
Lincolnshire	2,430	3,240	2,540	3,410	2,800	3,700
Liverpool	2,690	3,820	2,830	4,110	3,090	4,690
Luton	2,560	3,750	2,730	3,950	2,960	4,150
Manchester	2,520	3,770	2,690	3,990	2,930	4,260
Medway	2,520	3,640	2,610	3,840	2,880	4,210
Merton	2,120	3,730	2,680	4,220	3,190	5,080
Middlesbrough	2,390	3,760	2,810	4,170	3,450	5,020
Milton Keynes	2,560	3,430	2,720	3,680	2,820	3,960
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,930	3,360	2,540	3,820	2,870	4,090
Newham	3,020	4,580	3,220	4,800	3,480	5,130
Norfolk	2,420	3,250	2,600	3,480	2,920	3,880
North East Lincolnshire	2,420	3,340	2,590	3,480	2,900	4,100
North Lincolnshire	2,270	3,050	2,460	3,330	2,820	3,890
North Somerset	2,360	3,290	2,410	3,470	2,480	3,870
North Tyneside	1,840	2,820	2,440	3,780	2,790	4,260
North Yorkshire	2,380	3,160	2,560	3,430	2,920	3,890
Northamptonshire	2,120	3,340	2,570	3,610	2,820	3,850
Northumberland	1,770	2,620	2,190	3,410	2,710	4,100
Nottingham City	2,590	3,890	2,850	4,190	3,410	4,880
Nottinghamshire	2,200	3,310	2,380	3,500	2,660	3,740
Oldham	2,550	3,610	2,710	3,910	3,140	4,520
Oxfordshire	2,080	3,430	2,440	3,620	2,720	3,830
Peterborough	2,500	3,700	2,760	4,000	3,240	4,690
Plymouth	2,500	3,490	2,580	3,690	2,720	3,930
Poole	2,300	3,060	2,570	3,610	2,960	4,290
Portsmouth	2,550	3,540	2,640	3,810	2,800	4,320
Reading	2,570	3,860	2,690	4,070	2,950	4,780
Redbridge	2,680	3,710	2,760	3,940	2,890	4,150
Redcar and Cleveland	2,390	3,410	2,660	3,770	3,200	4,440
Richmond upon Thames	2,510	3,930	2,610	4,110	3,100	4,420
Rochdale	2,410	3,770	2,560	4,040	2,820	4,480
Rotherham	2,460	3,570	2,590	3,810	2,770	4,350
Rutland	2,560	3,470	2,710	3,730	2,880	4,110
Salford	2,330	3,280	2,450	3,510	2,610	3,810
Sandwell	2,370	3,600	2,580	3,850	2,940	4,180
Sefton	2,520	3,570	2,690	3,800	3,150	4,330
Sheffield	2,240	3,170	2,450	3,520	2,740	3,960
Shropshire	2,360	3,260	2,480	3,470	2,670	3,760
Slough	2,700	4,110	2,930	4,270	3,240	4,570
Solihull	2,310	3,110	2,390	3,360	2,490	3,710
Somerset	2,070	3,040	2,420	3,350	2,770	3,830
South Gloucestershire	2,370	3,410	2,440	3,540	2,490	3,710
South Tyneside	2,390	3,420	2,460	3,790	2,620	5,010
Southampton	2,580	3,450	2,710	3,810	2,940	4,420
Southend	2,750	3,610	2,840	3,850	2,950	4,090
Southwark	3,290	5,020	3,510	5,170	3,620	5,460
St. Helens	2,480	3,590	2,610	3,850	2,930	4,130
Staffordshire	1,880	2,850	2,310	3,450	2,550	3,900
Stockport	2,390	3,120	2,440	3,380	2,530	3,700
Stockton-on-Tees	2,260	3,400	2,490	3,870	2,820	4,650
Stoke on Trent	2,310	3,530	2,440	3,720	2,670	4,010
Suffolk	2,040	2,800	2,460	3,440	2,790	3,820
Sunderland	2,410	3,470	2,510	3,710	2,670	4,000
Surrey	2,250	3,220	2,370	3,410	2,610	3,720
Sutton	2,450	3,630	2,620	3,890	2,830	4,340
Swindon	2,250	3,090	2,430	3,230	2,500	3,380
Tameside	2,300	3,320	2,450	3,620	2,690	4,090
Telford and Wrekin	2,350	3,300	2,610	3,660	3,140	4,100
Thurrock	2,450	3,310	2,640	3,660	2,900	4,190
Torbay	2,360	3,230	2,520	3,560	2,640	3,790
Tower Hamlets	3,610	5,260	3,830	5,510	4,070	5,870
Trafford	2,400	3,220	2,550	3,500	2,820	4,260
Wakefield	2,190	3,150	2,260	3,310	2,340	3,500
Walsall	2,330	3,490	2,540	3,700	2,860	4,040
Waltham Forest	2,900	4,100	3,150	4,500	3,600	5,020
Wandsworth	3,010	4,250	3,100	4,470	3,250	5,020
Warrington	2,350	3,370	2,490	3,580	2,660	3,900
Warwickshire	2,300	3,020	2,450	3,290	2,690	3,720
West Berkshire	2,430	3,620	2,500	3,740	2,640	3,850
West Sussex	2,310	3,300	2,520	3,560	2,750	4,030
Westminster	3,210	4,860	3,590	5,110	3,860	5,480
Wigan	2,430	3,460	2,580	3,690	2,740	4,090
Wiltshire	2,250	3,210	2,400	3,340	2,670	3,850
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,040	3,260	2,550	3,780	3,070	4,130
Wirral	2,470	3,540	2,570	3,690	2,770	3,910
Wokingham	2,400	3,370	2,470	3,530	2,570	3,710
Wolverhampton	2,550	3,720	2,750	4,020	3,200	4,690
Worcestershire	1,750	2,690	2,250	3,340	2,590	3,840
York	2,370	3,300	2,520	3,560	2,710	4,090

⁽²¹⁾ Only schools open for the whole of the financial year are included in the analysis. The number of schools in each authority used in the calculation of the mean and deciles is also provided as each authority has varying numbers of primary and secondary schools which should be borne in mind when interpreting these deciles—as a decile for an authority with very few schools can be somewhat meaningless.
⁽²²⁾ City of London local authority have one primary school and zero secondary schools. On the 1 April 2002 Isles of Scilly amalgamated all their maintained primary and secondary schools into one school which is treated as a primary school for the purposes of Section 52.
⁽²³⁾ The lower decile budget share (plus grants) per pupil is calculated such that 10 per cent. of schools within that authority have per pupil figures below this amount. Similarly, the upper decile amount has 90 per cent. of schools within the authority receiving less than figure.
⁽²⁴⁾ The mean amount for an authority is calculated as the sum of all that authority's primary or secondary schools budget share plus grants divided by the total number of pupils at the primary or secondary schools within that authority.
Notes:
1. Budget share (plus grants) is the combination of the schools individual budget share plus any devolved standards fund and Excellence in Cities (EiC) grants allocated to the school. In 2005–06 the Schools Standards Grant is also included and this contributed £856 million to the money allocated to primary and secondary schools in England.
2. The amount of money delegated to schools depends very much on the individual local authorities own policy for funding their schools. Different authority's retain varying amounts of funding centrally to spend on behalf of their schools while others chose to give schools more autonomy over how they spend their money by devolving more funding to the individual school.
3. The pupil numbers used to calculate the per pupil amounts are as reported by the local authority on their section 52 budget statement comprising the full time equivalent number pupils registered at the school used for the initial determination of the school's budget share under the local authority's allocation formula.
4. Figures are taken from section 52 budget 2005–06 as reported by LEAs and rounded to the nearest 10.





 
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Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which (a) secondary and (b) primary school received (i) the highest and (ii) the lowest allocation per pupil in each local education authority in the last year for which information is available. [25415]

Jacqui Smith: [holding answer 7 November 2005]: The available information has been placed in the House Libraries.

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