House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 Jan 2006 (pt 50)

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Class Sizes

Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size was in primary schools in (a) England and (b) the Hartlepool local education authority area in each year since 1997. [43761]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is shown in the table.
Maintained primary schools⁽⁵⁹⁾: average class size taught by one teacher⁽⁶⁰⁾—England and Hartlepool local authority

Position as at Average class size

January each year England Hartlepool

1997 27.5 28.0

1998 27.7 28.0

1999 27.5 27.1

2000 27.1 26.8

2001 26.7 26.3

2002 26.3 25.8

2003 26.3 26.2

2004 26.2 25.4

2005 26.2 25.3

⁽⁵⁹⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽⁶⁰⁾Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census.

Position as at	Average class size
January each year	England	Hartlepool
1997	27.5	28.0
1998	27.7	28.0
1999	27.5	27.1
2000	27.1	26.8
2001	26.7	26.3
2002	26.3	25.8
2003	26.3	26.2
2004	26.2	25.4
2005	26.2	25.3

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size is in primary schools in (a) affluent and (b) deprived areas; and if she will make a statement. [41298]

Jacqui Smith: Information provided in the table shows class size data for primary schools in relation to the proportion of school population known to be eligible for free school meals (FSM). This indicates that the average class size is smaller in schools with the highest proportions of disadvantaged pupils (as assessed by FSM eligibility) than in those schools with the lowest proportions.

In addition, the rate of decrease in the average class size between 1997 and 2005 is greater in schools with the highest proportions of disadvantaged pupils than in those schools with the lowest proportions.

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Maintained primary schools⁽⁶¹⁾: average class size by free school meal eligibility⁽⁶²⁾: position in January each year 1997 and 2005

Proportion of school population known to be
eligible for free school meals⁽⁶³⁾

Less than or equal to
8 per cent.
Greater than
50 per cent.
All primary schools

1997 2005 1997 2005 1997 2005

Key stage 1 classes⁽⁶⁴⁾

Average class size 27.1 26.1 25.2 24.1 26.9 25.6

Number of classes 15,980 21,420 3,730 2,290 61,110 55,860

Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils 27.6 1.6 11.4 1.0 23.9 1.2

Number of pupils 432,460 559,850 94,190 55,090 1,646,660 1,430,150

Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils⁽⁶⁵⁾ 33.4 1.9 14.6 1.3 29.0 1.5

Key stage 2 classes

Average class size 28.5 28 26.1 24.9 28.1 27.3

Number of classes 17,620 26,920 5,710 3,250 73,180 73,480

Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils 38.0 27.6 14.1 6.3 32.4 20.9

Number of pupils 502,070 753,200 149,120 80,860 2,056,840 2,002,610

Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils 43.9 32.1 17.5 8.1 37.9 24.9

Classes in primary schools

Average class size 27.7 26.8 25.8 24.3 27.5 26.2

Number of classes 36,380 54,830 10,310 6,420 146,430 146,860

Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils 32.2 15.4 13.3 4.7 27.9 12.2

Number of pupils 1,007,430 1,470,370 265,700 155,760 4,025,160 3,851,810

Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils 38.2 18.6 16.9 6.5 33.4 15.2

⁽⁶¹⁾Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽⁶²⁾Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school in the day of the census in January. Classes taught by one teacher.
⁽⁶³⁾The proportion of school population known to be eligible for free school meals. Includes dually registered pupils.
⁽⁶⁴⁾Includes reception classes.
⁽⁶⁵⁾Key stage 1 classes of 31 or more may contain pupils who have been admitted as exceptions.
Note:
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools Census

	Proportion of school population known to be eligible for free school meals⁽⁶³⁾
	Less than or equal to 8 per cent.	Greater than 50 per cent.	All primary schools
	1997	2005	1997	2005	1997	2005
Key stage 1 classes⁽⁶⁴⁾
Average class size	27.1	26.1	25.2	24.1	26.9	25.6
Number of classes	15,980	21,420	3,730	2,290	61,110	55,860
Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils	27.6	1.6	11.4	1.0	23.9	1.2
Number of pupils	432,460	559,850	94,190	55,090	1,646,660	1,430,150
Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils⁽⁶⁵⁾	33.4	1.9	14.6	1.3	29.0	1.5

Key stage 2 classes
Average class size	28.5	28	26.1	24.9	28.1	27.3
Number of classes	17,620	26,920	5,710	3,250	73,180	73,480
Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils	38.0	27.6	14.1	6.3	32.4	20.9
Number of pupils	502,070	753,200	149,120	80,860	2,056,840	2,002,610
Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils	43.9	32.1	17.5	8.1	37.9	24.9

Classes in primary schools
Average class size	27.7	26.8	25.8	24.3	27.5	26.2
Number of classes	36,380	54,830	10,310	6,420	146,430	146,860
Percentage of classes with 31 or more pupils	32.2	15.4	13.3	4.7	27.9	12.2
Number of pupils	1,007,430	1,470,370	265,700	155,760	4,025,160	3,851,810
Percentage of pupils in classes with 31 or more pupils	38.2	18.6	16.9	6.5	33.4	15.2

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were in primary school classes of 25 or more pupils in each year since 1990–91; what percentage of the relevant age cohort this represents in each case; and if she will make a statement. [41457]

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Jacqui Smith: The information requested is shown in the following table. There have been infant class-size limits since 1998, but these do not apply to other primary school year groups.

However, the knock-on effect of infant class-size legislation has been to contribute to an overall reduction in the size of primary classes.
Maintained primary schools⁽⁶⁶⁾: number of pupils in classes of 25 and over⁽⁶⁷⁾ 1991–2005, England

Size of class

25 to 30
31 and over
Total 25 and over

Position in January each year Number
of pupils Percentage
of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾ Number
of pupils Percentage
of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾ Number
of pupils Percentage
of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾

1991 n/a n/a 911,218 25.5 n/a n/a

1992 n/a n/a 902,802 24.9 n/a n/a

1993 1,976,342 53.1 985,973 26.5 2,962,315 79.7

1994 2,012,846 52.8 1,076,173 28.2 3,089,019 81.0

1995 2,052,121 52.5 1,155,715 29.6 3,207,836 82.1

1996 2,042,571 51.5 1,260,551 31.8 3,303,122 83.3

1997 2,033,122 50.5 1,344,231 33.4 3,377,353 83.9

1998 2,021,334 49.9 1,410,762 34.8 3,432,096 84.6

1999 2,109,101 52.1 1,277,250 31.5 3,386,351 83.6

2000 2,242,734 55.4 1,071,720 26.5 3,314,454 81.9

2001 2,347,916 58.5 848,961 21.1 3,196,877 79.6

2002 2,363,870 59.9 703,097 17.8 3,066,967 77.7

2003 2,406,098 61.4 638,511 16.3 3,044,609 111

2004 2,430,233 62.5 594,534 15.3 3,024,767 77.8

2005 2,404,253 62.4 584,163 15.2 2,988,416 77.6

n/a=not available.
⁽⁶⁶⁾Includes middle schools as deemed
⁽⁶⁷⁾One teacher classes.
⁽⁶⁸⁾Number of pupils of classes of size expressed as a percentage of pupils in all classes.

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	Size of class
	25 to 30	31 and over	Total 25 and over
Position in January each year	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils⁽⁶⁸⁾
1991	n/a	n/a	911,218	25.5	n/a	n/a
1992	n/a	n/a	902,802	24.9	n/a	n/a
1993	1,976,342	53.1	985,973	26.5	2,962,315	79.7
1994	2,012,846	52.8	1,076,173	28.2	3,089,019	81.0
1995	2,052,121	52.5	1,155,715	29.6	3,207,836	82.1
1996	2,042,571	51.5	1,260,551	31.8	3,303,122	83.3
1997	2,033,122	50.5	1,344,231	33.4	3,377,353	83.9
1998	2,021,334	49.9	1,410,762	34.8	3,432,096	84.6
1999	2,109,101	52.1	1,277,250	31.5	3,386,351	83.6
2000	2,242,734	55.4	1,071,720	26.5	3,314,454	81.9
2001	2,347,916	58.5	848,961	21.1	3,196,877	79.6
2002	2,363,870	59.9	703,097	17.8	3,066,967	77.7
2003	2,406,098	61.4	638,511	16.3	3,044,609	111
2004	2,430,233	62.5	594,534	15.3	3,024,767	77.8
2005	2,404,253	62.4	584,163	15.2	2,988,416	77.6

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average spending per child in primary schools was in each local education authority in each year since 1997. [44331]

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Jacqui Smith [holding answer 20 January 2006]: The information requested is contained within the following table:
Pre-primary and primary school based expenditure⁽⁶⁹⁾^(5508670070)⁽⁷¹⁾ per pupil⁽⁷²⁾ (1997–98 to 2004–05)⁽⁷³⁾⁽⁷⁴⁾⁽⁷⁵⁾⁽⁷⁶⁾

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000*

Pre-primary and primary education Pre-primary and primary education Primary education Pre-primary and primary education

England 1,740 1,870 2,010 2,050

Barking and Dagenham 1,970 2,160 2,250 2,270

Barnet 1,860 1,960 2,390 2,410

Barnsley 1,560 1,680 1,840 1,860

Bath and NE Somerset 1,720 1,820 2,010 2,060

Bedfordshire 1,750 1,780 1,970 2,000

Berkshire 1,610 — — —

Bexley 1,590 1,770 1,930 1,960

Birmingham 1,940 2,200 2,260 2,370

Blackburn with Darwen — 1,840 2,000 2,120

Blackpool — 1,690 1,870 1,890

Bolton 1,750 2,000 2,000 2,030

Bournemouth 1,480 1,700 1,820 1,850

Bracknell Forest — 1,620 1,880 1,900

Bradford 2,140 2,240 1,980 2,020

Brent 2,030 2,190 2,470 2,510

Brighton and Hove 1,550 1.750 1,850 1,940

Bromley 1,720 1,910 2,010 2,040

Buckinghamshire 1,630 1,700 1,840 1,840

Bury 1,490 1,640 1,780 1,800

Calderdale 1,660 1,860 1,950 1,960

Pre LGR Cambridgeshire 1,580 — — —

Cambridgeshire — 1,6404 1,810 1,840

Camden 2,390 2,520 2,440 2,750

Pre LGR Cheshire 1,710 — — —

Cheshire — 1,770 1,780 1,790

City of Bristol 1,810 1,930 2,200 2,270

City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 1,680 1,940 1,980 2,000

City of London 3,810 3,970 4,180 4,510

City of Nottingham — 1,950 2,090 2,120

City of Peterborough — 1,830 1,590 1,650

City of Plymouth — 1,700 1,940 1,960

Cornwall 1,670 1,820 1,900 1,930

Coventry 1,800 1,970 2,190 2,220

Croydon 1,910 2,010 2,130 2,180

Cumbria 1,860 1,880 2,050 2,070

Darlington 1,420 1,570 1,790 1,860

Derby 1,670 1,850 1,940 1,990

Derbyshire 1,580 1,730 1,820 1,840

Pre LGR Devon 1,630 — — —

Devon — 1,730 1,950 1,980

Doncaster 1,890 1,930 2,070 2,070

Dorset 1,640 1,780 1,870 1,890

Dudley 1,570 1,790 1,980 2,010

Durham 1,690 1,810 2,050 2,100

Ealing 2,020 2,170 2,220 2,310

East Riding of Yorkshire 1,610 1,620 1,790 1,810

East Sussex 1,670 1,800 1,910 1,930

Enfield 1,900 2,040 2,230 2,260

Pre LGR Essex 1,740 — — —

Essex — 1,950 1,970 1,970

Gateshead 1,700 1,800 1,950 1,970

Gloucestershire 1,640 1,800 1,850 1,960

Greenwich 2,190 2,410 2,590 2,690

Hackney 2,420 2,490 2,740 2,980

Halton — 1,870 2,030 2,090

Hammersmith and Fulham 2,520 2,560 2,920 3,050

Hampshire 1,700 1,760 1,960 1,970

Haringey 2,360 2,490 2,460 2,550

Harrow 2,140 2,260 2,320 2,430

Hartlepool 1,500 1,650 1,760 1,780

Havering 1,750 1,840 1,960 1,970

Hereford and Worcester 1,660 — — —

Herefordshire — 1,780 1,840 1,850

Hertfordshire 1,760 1,880 1,930 1,960

Hillingdon 1,730 1,770 2,100 2,110

Hounslow 2,060 2,240 2,340 2,380

Isle of Wight 1,800 2,000 2,190 2,230

Isles of Scilly 2,560 2,570 2,510 2,520

Islington 2,340 2,330 2,370 2,520

Kensington and Chelsea 2,650 2,750 2,960 3,050

Pre LGR Kent 1,700 — — —

Kent — 1,860 2,140 2,210

Kingston-upon-Thames 1,830 1,940 2,070 2,110

Kirklees 1,650 1,850 2,020 2,060

Knowsley 1,700 1,870 2,120 2,120

Lambeth 2,810 2,930 2,710 3,020

Pre LGR Lancashire 1,670 — — —

Lancashire — 1,820 1,950 1,980

Leeds 1,710 1,910 2,100 2,120

Leicester city 1,740 1,910 2,130 2,150

Leicestershire 1,660 1,810 1,930 2,000

Lewisham 2,340 2,510 2,560 2,710

Lincolnshire 1,680 1,740 1,870 1,870

Liverpool 1,660 1,840 1,970 1,980

Luton 1,700 1,830 2,040 2,080

Manchester 1,620 1,740 1,920 1,950

Medway — 1,790 1,970 1,930

Merton 2,060 2,160 2,220 2,260

Middlesbrough 1,580 1,620 1,920 1,920

Milton Keynes 1,610 1,770 1,960 2,030

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,940 1,960 2,060 2,120

Newham 1,850 2,010 2,200 2,290

Norfolk 1,710 1,730 1,800 1,810

North East Lincolnshire 1,600 1,830 2,060 2,140

North Lincolnshire 1,650 1,710 1,880 1,900

North Somerset 1,690 1,870 1,880 1,890

North Tyneside 1,640 1,800 1,860 1,920

North Yorkshire 1,650 1,750 1,980 1,990

Northamptonshire 1.580 1,720 1,910 1,930

Northumberland 1,620 1,810 1,960 2,000

Pre LGR Nottinghamshire 1,720 — — —

Nottinghamshire — 1,810 2,010 2,030

0ldham 1,650 1,820 2,040 2,100

0xfordshire 1,630 1,750 1,830 1,870

Poole 1,510 1,600 1,700 1,710

Portsmouth 1,780 1,940 2,170 2,220

Reading — 1,670 1,660 1,710

Redbridge 1,810 1,880 2,070 2,080

Redcar and Cleveland 1,630 1,790 2,000 2,010

Richmond-upon-Thames 1,940 2,020 2,110 2,120

Rochdale 1,680 1,770 1,900 1,960

Rotherham 1,580 1,780 2,050 2,080

Rutland 1,890 2,130 2,160 2,190

Salford 1,560 1,630 1,990 2,010

Sandwell 1,850 2,040 2,110 2,120

Sefton 1,590 1,670 1,840 1,850

Sheffield 1,680 1,760 1,960 2,090

Pre LGR Shropshire 1,680 — — —

Shropshire — 1,830 1,880 1,910

Slough — 2,070 2,130 2,340

Solihull 1,630 1,770 1,920 1,930

Somerset 1,700 1,820 1,930 1,950

South Gloucestershire 1,650 1,780 1,900 1,920

South Tyneside 1,560 1,760 1,920 1,950

Southampton 1,830 1,960 2,140 2,160

Southend — 1,870 2,040 2,040

Southwark 2,330 2,520 2,730 2,850

St Helens 1,600 1,700 2,000 2,030

Staffordshire 1,580 1,670 1,850 1,860

Stockport 1,570 1,750 1,860 1,890

Stockton-on-Tees 1,450 1,610 1,970 2,000

Stoke 1,600 1,810 1,970 2,030

Suffolk 1,770 1,900 2,000 2,060

Sunderland 1,660 1,830 1,950 2,030

Surrey 1,780 1,910 1,960 2,040

Sutton 1,870 2,030 2,230 2,270

Swindon 1,580 1,620 1,580 1,590

Tameside 1,590 1,720 1,640 1,650

Telford and Wrekin — 1,670 1,700 1,770

Thurrock — 1,800 2,060 2,070

Torbay — 1,680 1,860 1,880

Tower Hamlets 2,600 2,770 3,090 3,140

Trafford 1,580 1,710 1,830 1,840

Wakefield 1,560 1,710 1,890 1,930

Walsall 1,630 1,790 2,030 2,070

Waltham Forest 2,110 2,160 2,430 2,560

Wandsworth 2,210 2,390 2,530 2,700

Warrington — 1,740 1,880 1,900

Warwickshire 1,670 1,780 1,910 1,930

West Berkshire — 1,760 1,950 1,980

West Sussex 1,730 1,860 1,950 2,020

Westminster 2,590 2,860 2,810 2,900

Wigan 1,520 1,610 1,900 1,920

Wiltshire 1,690 1,740 1,720 1,720

Windsor and Maidenhead — 1,860 2,020 2,050

Wirral 1,600 1,810 1,810 1,840

Wokingham — 1,650 1,800 1,820

Wolverhampton 1,750 1,870 2,000 2,040

Worcestershire — 1,720 1,830 1,840

York 1,600 1,730 1,760 1,800

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2000–01
2001–02

Primary education Pre-primary and primary education Primary education Pre-primary and primary education

England 2,210 2,280 2,480 2,570

Barking and Dagenham 2,450 2,490 2,880 2,940

Barnet 2,350 2,390 2,640 2,710

Barnsley 1,980 2,020 2,250 2,350

Bath and NE Somerset 2,180 2,250 2,240 2,380

Bedfordshire 2,260 2,350 2,550 2,700

Berkshire — — — —

Bexley 2,070 2,090 2,320 2,350

Birmingham 2,460 2,580 2,730 2,860

Blackburn with Darwen 2,260 2,410 2,560 2,750

Blackpool 2,200 2,210 2,390 2,450

Bolton 2,260 2,290 2,500 2,560

Bournemouth 2,020 2,070 2,270 2,340

Bracknell Forest 2,120 2,120 2,330 2,330

Bradford 2,270 2,340 2,780 2,860

Brent 2,550 2,600 2,910 2,950

Brighton and Hove 2,050 2,210 2,330 2,430

Bromley 2,170 2,220 2,440 2,490

Buckinghamshire 1,800 1,800 1,950 1,960

Bury 2,010 2,040 2,180 2,220

Calderdale 2,160 2,170 2,400 2,410

Pre LGR Cambridgeshire — — — —

Cambridgeshire 2,020 2,070 2,280 2,330

Camden 2,650 3,040 3,140 3,690

Pre LGR Cheshire — — — —

Cheshire 1,880 1,900 2,060 2,100

City of Bristol 2,380 2,620 2,450 2,720

City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 2,270 2,290 2,760 2,800

City of London 4,520 4,740 4,630 4,630

City of Nottingham 2,260 2,310 2,800 2,860

City of Peterborough 2,220 2,340 2,360 2,420

City of Plymouth 2,150 2,200 2,440 2,510

Cornwall 2,030 2,070 2,270 2,340

Coventry 2,400 2,430 2,770 2,820

Croydon 2,350 2,390 2,780 2,870

Cumbria 2,240 2,270 2,550 2,550

Darlington 1,930 2,010 2,290 2,390

Derby 2,170 2,330 2,610 2,840

Derbyshire 2,020 2,040 2,250 2,290

Pre LGR Devon — — — —

Devon 2,060 2,090 2,260 2,300

Doncaster 2,230 2,240 2,520 2,550

Dorset 2,140 2,160 2,350 2,400

Dudley 2,170 2,240 2,420 2,520

Durham 2,290 2,340 2,600 2,660

Ealing 2,370 2,500 2,720 2,890

East Riding of Yorkshire 2,160 2,200 2,300 2,350

East Sussex 2,130 2,170 2,390 2,440

Enfield 2,400 2,470 2,740 2,840

Pre LGR Essex — — — —

Essex 2,240 2,250 2,460 2,480

Gateshead 2,220 2,260 2,300 2,410

Gloucestershire 2,170 2,340 2,260 2,510

Greenwich 2,830 2,990 3,210 3,430

Hackney 3,310 3,860 3,160 3,480

Halton 2,110 2,130 2,560 2,630

Hammersmith and Fulham 3,020 3,260 3,220 3,360

Hampshire 2,150 2,160 2,370 2,380

Haringey 2,590 2,780 3,080 3,440

Harrow 2,490 2,540 2,890 2,990

Hartlepool 2,070 2,090 2,550 2,620

Havering 2,200 2,230 2,390 2,430

Hereford and Worcester — — — —

Herefordshire 2,130 2,150 2,330 2,390

Hertfordshire 2,100 2,140 2,370 2,410

Hillingdon 2,200 2,220 2,430 2,470

Hounslow 2,470 2,530 2,820 2,880

Isle of Wight 2,480 2,550 2,730 2,830

Isles of Scilly 2,640 2,640 2,970 3,880

Islington 2,720 3,030 3,020 3,280

Kensington and Chelsea 3,270 3,380 3,440 3,600

Pre LGR Kent — — — —

Kent 2,220 2,320 2,520 2,670

Kingston-upon-Thames 2,270 2,280 2,630 2,650

Kirklees 2,240 2,340 2,460 2,520

Knowsley 2,300 2,350 2,510 2,580

Lambeth 2,730 2,940 2,730 2,970

Pre LGR Lancashire — — — —

Lancashire 2,160 2,220 2,450 2,530

Leeds 2,000 2,040 2,600 2,660

Leicester city 2,390 2,460 2,640 2,730

Leicestershire 2,080 2,160 2,260 2,420

Lewisham 2,680 2,970 3,120 3,370

Lincolnshire 1,990 2,000 2,070 2,090

Liverpool 2,540 2,580 2,770 2,860

Luton 2,590 2,650 2,700 2,800

Manchester 2,250 2,280 2,650 2,680

Medway 2,230 2,240 2,450 2,500

Merton 2,400 2,450 2,690 2,770

Middlesbrough 2,210 2,230 2,540 2,570

Milton Keynes 2,040 2,140 2,450 2,600

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,260 2,350 2,570 2,670

Newham 2,460 2,590 2,930 3,090

Norfolk 1,970 2,030 2,350 2,470

North East Lincolnshire 2,330 2,480 2,590 2,740

North Lincolnshire 2,200 2,330 2,540 2,590

North Somerset 2,070 2,090 2,090 2,130

North Tyneside 1,770 1,810 2,240 2,320

North Yorkshire 2,060 2,070 2,350 2,370

Northamptonshire 2,160 2,180 2,340 2,390

Northumberland 2,200 2,260 2,450 2,560

Pre LGR Nottinghamshire — — — —

Nottinghamshire 2,220 2,240 2,410 2,430

0ldham 2,090 2,190 2,500 2,630

0xfordshire 2,230 2,280 2,510 2,540

Poole 1,820 1,730 2,060 2,080

Portsmouth 2,260 2,330 2,480 2,580

Reading 1,700 1,750 2,010 2,070

Redbridge 2,280 2,290 2,610 2,660

Redcar and Cleveland 2,090 2,110 2,420 2,470

Richmond-upon-Thames 2,380 2,430 2,690 2,750

Rochdale 2,100 2,270 2,420 2,570

Rotherham 2,360 2,400 2,620 2,700

Rutland 2,260 2,320 2,570 2,680

Salford 2,300 2,380 2,560 2,630

Sandwell 2,190 2,210 2,510 2,540

Sefton 2,050 2,080 2,240 2,290

Sheffield 2,260 2,410 2,500 2,66

Pre LGR Shropshire — — — —

Shropshire 1,990 2,020 2,250 2,300

Slough 2,400 2,600 2,560 2,760

Solihull 2,090 2,110 2,250 2,260

Somerset 2,140 2,240 2,360 2,510

South Gloucestershire 2,190 2,200 2,340 2,370

South Tyneside 2,160 2,220 2,580 2,660

Southampton 2,360 2,400 2,570 2,610

Southend 2,220 2,230 2,530 2,560

Southwark 2,980 3,070 3,760 3,810

St Helens 2,190 2,240 2,410 2,470

Staffordshire 2,070 2,110 2,290 2,360

Stockport 2,180 2,230 2,370 2,410

Stockton-on-Tees 2,190 2,250 2,440 2,560

Stoke 2,080 2,150 2,400 2,510

Suffolk 2,220 2,290 2,420 2,560

Sunderland 2,180 2,280 2,470 2,620

Surrey 2,160 2,270 2,380 2,430

Sutton 2,430 2,510 2,640 2,700

Swindon 2,030 2,030 2,000 2,030

Tameside 1,970 2,010 2,420 2,500

Telford and Wrekin 2,060 2,200 2,320 2,440

Thurrock 2,050 2,160 2,540 2,710

Torbay 2,080 2,090 2,260 2,290

Tower Hamlets 3,350 3,400 3,670 3,820

Trafford 2,190 2,220 2,360 2,400

Wakefield 2,100 2,160 2,450 2,490

Walsall 2,200 2,260 2,450 2,560

Waltham Forest 2,480 2,560 3,080 3,140

Wandsworth 2,900 3,100 3,220 3,480

Warrington 1,980 1,990 2,220 2,250

Warwickshire 1,990 2,020 2,190 2,240

West Berkshire 2,210 2,270 2,560 2,650

West Sussex 2,200 2,270 2,360 2,500

Westminster 3,390 3,680 3,780 4,180

Wigan 2,330 2,340 2,480 2,500

Wiltshire 1,920 1,930 2,010 2,020

Windsor and Maidenhead 2,480 2,560 2,600 2,710

Wirral 2,030 2,060 2,400 2,450

Wokingham 1,980 2,010 2,210 2,270

Wolverhampton 2,070 2,120 2,390 2,500

Worcestershire 2,060 2,090 2,320 2,370

York 1,860 1,870 2,180 2,260

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23 Jan 2006 : Column 1899W

2002–03* 2003–04 2004–05

Primary education Primary education Primary education

England 2,530 2,750 2,910

Barking and Dagenham 2,760 3,110 3,150

Barnet 2,820 3,050 3,280

Barnsley 2,550 2,680 2,910

Bath and NE Somerset 2,480 2,670 2,850

Bedfordshire 2,540 2,710 2,830

Berkshire — — —

Bexley 2,390 2,630 2,810

Birmingham 2,720 2,940 3,200

Blackburn with Darwen 2,540 2,730 2,910

Blackpool 2,370 2,660 2,880

Bolton 2,410 2,620 2,760

Bournemouth 2,390 2,520 2,670

Bracknell Forest 2,390 2,580 2,730

Bradford 2,770 2,960 3,070

Brent 2,780 3,080 3,230

Brighton and Hove 2,480 2,660 2,820

Bromley 2,400 2,590 2,690

Buckinghamshire 2,350 2,600 2,740

Bury 2,220 2,460 2,660

Calderdale 2,490 2,750 2,940

Pre LGR Cambridgeshire — — —

Cambridgeshire 2,350 2,560 2,720

Camden 3,610 3,950 4,120

Pre LGR Cheshire — — —

Cheshire 2,340 2,540 2,640

City of Bristol 2,510 2,720 2,860
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull
2,670 2,930 2,990

City of London 4,780 5,250 4,990

City of Nottingham 2,930 3,260 3,410

City of Peterborough 2,530 2,740 2,890

City of Plymouth 2,430 2,610 2,800

Cornwall 2,440 2,640 2,810

Coventry 2,630 2,870 3,010

Croydon 2,710 2,890 3,060

Cumbria 2,560 2,740 2,870

Darlington 2,380 2,640 2,710

Derby 2,430 2,730 2,940

Derbyshire 2,350 2,480 2,630

Pre LGR Devon — — —

Devon 2,370 2,620 2,790

Doncaster 2,530 2,720 2,860

Dorset 2,340 2,610 2,790

Dudley 2,310 2,620 2,760

Durham 2,590 2,810 3,000

Ealing 2,830 3,210 3,330

East Riding of Yorkshire 2,430 2,580 2,760

East Sussex 2,460 2,660 2,830

Enfield 2,730 3,090 3,270

Pre LGR Essex — — —

Essex 2,570 2,750 2,900

Gateshead 2,470 2,680 2,850

Gloucestershire 2,310 2,620 2,720

Greenwich 3,080 3,280 3,530

Hackney 3,280 3,810 4,010

Halton 2,580 2,740 2,910

Hammersmith and Fulham 3,260 3,600 3,800

Hampshire 2,480 2,690 2,850

Haringey 3,110 3,440 3,590

Harrow 2,720 2,950 3,100

Hartlepool 2,430 2,660 2,840

Havering 2,490 2,730 2,920

Hereford and Worcester — — —

Herefordshire 2,410 2,600 2,780

Hertfordshire 2,420 2,630 2,780

Hillingdon 2,480 2,710 2,920

Hounslow 2,840 3,060 3,160

Isle of Wight 2,690 2,840 3,000

Isles of Scilly 8,030 6,620 7,280

Islington 3,150 3,590 3,760

Kensington and Chelsea 3,550 3,990 4,160

Pre LGR Kent — — —

Kent 2,400 2,630 2,770

Kingston-upon-Thames 2,600 2,950 3,110

Kirklees 2,580 2,850 3,060

Knowsley 2,620 2,850 3,010

Lambeth 3,520 3,880 4,110

Pre LGR Lancashire — — —

Lancashire 2,520 2,780 2,900

Leeds 2,610 2,840 3,010

Leicester city 2,520 2,760 2,990

Leicestershire 2,190 2,420 2,580

Lewisham 3,230 3,590 3,800

Lincolnshire 2,260 2,450 2,600

Liverpool 2,720 2,970 3,100

Luton 2,660 2,910 3,100

Manchester 2,740 2,930 3,030

Medway 2,560 2,830 3,050

Merton 2,890 3,100 3,200

Middlesbrough 2,530 2,790 2,980

Milton Keynes 2,340 2,630 2,760

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,470 2,670 2,840

Newham 2,880 3,270 3,630

Norfolk 2,500 2,660 2,770

North East Lincolnshire 2,570 2,730 2,920

North Lincolnshire 2,480 2,670 2,840

North Somerset 2,270 2,490 2,650

North Tyneside 2,410 2,590 2,760

North Yorkshire 2,470 2,710 2,890

Northamptonshire 2,280 2,600 2,720

Northumberland 2,470 2,720 2,940

Pre LGR Nottinghamshire — — —

Nottinghamshire 2,500 2,740 2,900

0ldham 2,430 2,600 2,740

0xfordshire 2,460 2,690 2,790

Poole 2,430 2,530 2,620

Portsmouth 2,780 2,950 3,070

Reading 2,430 2,640 2,730

Redbridge 2,500 2,700 2,830

Redcar and Cleveland 2,490 2,780 2,940

Richmond-upon-Thames 2,650 2,900 3,030

Rochdale 2,370 2,760 2,910

Rotherham 2,380 2,600 2,820

Rutland 2,540 2,840 2,950

Salford 2,480 2,830 2,920

Sandwell 2,530 2,760 3,010

Sefton 2,530 2,830 2,980

Sheffield 2,430 2,620 2,780

Pre LGR Shropshire — — —

Shropshire 2,330 2,560 2,600

Slough 2,630 2,810 2,990

Solihull 2,260 2,460 2,580

Somerset 2,430 2,610 2,810

South Gloucestershire 2,330 2,460 2,610

South Tyneside 2,540 2,820 2,970

Southampton 2,640 2,940 3,170

Southend 2,590 2,730 2,860

Southwark 3,470 3,660 3,970

St Helens 2,500 2,590 2,790

Staffordshire 2,280 2,490 2,620

Stockport 2,260 2,460 2,720

Stockton-on-Tees 2,430 2,610 2,810

Stoke 2,320 2,640 2,730

Suffolk 2,520 2,740 2,920

Sunderland 2,470 2,660 2,840

Surrey 2,490 2,640 2,790

Sutton 2,470 2,640 2,870

Swindon 2,240 2,440 2,630

Tameside 2,480 2,610 2,750

Telford and Wrekin 2,290 2,430 2,660

Thurrock 2,680 2,810 2,940

Torbay 2,370 2,580 2,730

Tower Hamlets 3,850 4,150 4,300

Trafford 2,250 2,390 2,500

Wakefield 2,480 2,690 2,810

Walsall 2,430 2,610 2,770

Waltham Forest 2,910 3,230 3,390

Wandsworth 3,170 3,470 3,630

Warrington 2,270 2,510 2,630

Warwickshire 2,390 2,560 2,670

West Berkshire 2,500 2,680 2,840

West Sussex 2,430 2,610 2,780

Westminster 3,430 3,620 3,800

Wigan 2,400 2,620 2,780

Wiltshire 2,340 2,550 2,670

Windsor and Maidenhead 2,550 2,710 2,870

Wirral 2,520 2,640 2,730

Wokingham 2,340 2,550 2,650

Wolverhampton 2,430 2,580 2,810

Worcestershire 2,330 2,540 2,740

York 2,390 2,560 2,680

⁽⁶⁹⁾School based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by the schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure.
⁽⁷⁰⁾1999–2000 saw a change in data source when the data collection moved from the RO1 form collected by the 0DPM to the Section 52 form from the DfES. 2002–03 saw a further break in the time series following the introduction of Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) and the associated restructuring of the outturn tables. The change in sources is shown by an asterisk. In 2002–03 school based expenditure is taken from Section 52 Outturn TableA line 51 net current expenditure (NCE). For 2001–02 and earlier years the expenditure is calculated as lines one to 12 less lines 29, 30, 35 and 37. This differs from the old Net Institutional Expenditure (NIE) calculation only in the treatment of meals and milk which is no longer excluded and no adjustments for balances are now made. This is taken from Section 52 0utturn Table 3 for 1999–2000 to 2001–02 and from the RO1 form previously.
⁽⁷¹⁾The calculation for 2002–03 onwards is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. However, 2001–02 and earlier years includes all premature retirement compensation (PRC) and Crombie payments, mandatory PRC payments and other indirect employee expenses. In 2001–02 this accounted for approximately £70 per pupil. From 2002–03 onwards only the schools element of these categories is included and this accounted for approximately £50 per pupil of the 2002–03 total. Also, for some LAs, expenditure that had previously been attributed to the school sectors was reported within the LA part of the form from 2002–03, though this is not quantifiable from existing sources.
⁽⁷²⁾Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DfES Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
⁽⁷³⁾Local government reorganisation (LGR) took place during the mid to late 1990s and those LAs that did not exist either pre or post LGR are represented by '—' for those years.
⁽⁷⁴⁾Spending in 1997–98 reflects the transfer of monies from local government to central Government for the nursery vouchers scheme. These were returned to local government from 1998–99.
⁽⁷⁵⁾The 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance. Consequently LAs where there entire pupil provision were educated in GM schools will show a unit cost of zero prior to 1999–2000.
⁽⁷⁶⁾Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999–2000.
Note:
Figures are as reported by the LEA in cash terms and rounded to the nearest 10.

23 Jan 2006 : Column 1901W

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000*
	Pre-primary and primary education	Pre-primary and primary education	Primary education	Pre-primary and primary education
England	1,740	1,870	2,010	2,050
Barking and Dagenham	1,970	2,160	2,250	2,270
Barnet	1,860	1,960	2,390	2,410
Barnsley	1,560	1,680	1,840	1,860
Bath and NE Somerset	1,720	1,820	2,010	2,060
Bedfordshire	1,750	1,780	1,970	2,000
Berkshire	1,610	—	—	—
Bexley	1,590	1,770	1,930	1,960
Birmingham	1,940	2,200	2,260	2,370
Blackburn with Darwen	—	1,840	2,000	2,120
Blackpool	—	1,690	1,870	1,890
Bolton	1,750	2,000	2,000	2,030
Bournemouth	1,480	1,700	1,820	1,850
Bracknell Forest	—	1,620	1,880	1,900
Bradford	2,140	2,240	1,980	2,020
Brent	2,030	2,190	2,470	2,510
Brighton and Hove	1,550	1.750	1,850	1,940
Bromley	1,720	1,910	2,010	2,040
Buckinghamshire	1,630	1,700	1,840	1,840
Bury	1,490	1,640	1,780	1,800
Calderdale	1,660	1,860	1,950	1,960
Pre LGR Cambridgeshire	1,580	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire	—	1,6404	1,810	1,840
Camden	2,390	2,520	2,440	2,750
Pre LGR Cheshire	1,710	—	—	—
Cheshire	—	1,770	1,780	1,790
City of Bristol	1,810	1,930	2,200	2,270
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull	1,680	1,940	1,980	2,000
City of London	3,810	3,970	4,180	4,510
City of Nottingham	—	1,950	2,090	2,120
City of Peterborough	—	1,830	1,590	1,650
City of Plymouth	—	1,700	1,940	1,960
Cornwall	1,670	1,820	1,900	1,930
Coventry	1,800	1,970	2,190	2,220
Croydon	1,910	2,010	2,130	2,180
Cumbria	1,860	1,880	2,050	2,070
Darlington	1,420	1,570	1,790	1,860
Derby	1,670	1,850	1,940	1,990
Derbyshire	1,580	1,730	1,820	1,840
Pre LGR Devon	1,630	—	—	—
Devon	—	1,730	1,950	1,980
Doncaster	1,890	1,930	2,070	2,070
Dorset	1,640	1,780	1,870	1,890
Dudley	1,570	1,790	1,980	2,010
Durham	1,690	1,810	2,050	2,100
Ealing	2,020	2,170	2,220	2,310
East Riding of Yorkshire	1,610	1,620	1,790	1,810
East Sussex	1,670	1,800	1,910	1,930
Enfield	1,900	2,040	2,230	2,260
Pre LGR Essex	1,740	—	—	—
Essex	—	1,950	1,970	1,970
Gateshead	1,700	1,800	1,950	1,970
Gloucestershire	1,640	1,800	1,850	1,960
Greenwich	2,190	2,410	2,590	2,690
Hackney	2,420	2,490	2,740	2,980
Halton	—	1,870	2,030	2,090
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,520	2,560	2,920	3,050
Hampshire	1,700	1,760	1,960	1,970
Haringey	2,360	2,490	2,460	2,550
Harrow	2,140	2,260	2,320	2,430
Hartlepool	1,500	1,650	1,760	1,780
Havering	1,750	1,840	1,960	1,970
Hereford and Worcester	1,660	—	—	—
Herefordshire	—	1,780	1,840	1,850
Hertfordshire	1,760	1,880	1,930	1,960
Hillingdon	1,730	1,770	2,100	2,110
Hounslow	2,060	2,240	2,340	2,380
Isle of Wight	1,800	2,000	2,190	2,230
Isles of Scilly	2,560	2,570	2,510	2,520
Islington	2,340	2,330	2,370	2,520
Kensington and Chelsea	2,650	2,750	2,960	3,050
Pre LGR Kent	1,700	—	—	—
Kent	—	1,860	2,140	2,210
Kingston-upon-Thames	1,830	1,940	2,070	2,110
Kirklees	1,650	1,850	2,020	2,060
Knowsley	1,700	1,870	2,120	2,120
Lambeth	2,810	2,930	2,710	3,020
Pre LGR Lancashire	1,670	—	—	—
Lancashire	—	1,820	1,950	1,980
Leeds	1,710	1,910	2,100	2,120
Leicester city	1,740	1,910	2,130	2,150
Leicestershire	1,660	1,810	1,930	2,000
Lewisham	2,340	2,510	2,560	2,710
Lincolnshire	1,680	1,740	1,870	1,870
Liverpool	1,660	1,840	1,970	1,980
Luton	1,700	1,830	2,040	2,080
Manchester	1,620	1,740	1,920	1,950
Medway	—	1,790	1,970	1,930
Merton	2,060	2,160	2,220	2,260
Middlesbrough	1,580	1,620	1,920	1,920
Milton Keynes	1,610	1,770	1,960	2,030
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1,940	1,960	2,060	2,120
Newham	1,850	2,010	2,200	2,290
Norfolk	1,710	1,730	1,800	1,810
North East Lincolnshire	1,600	1,830	2,060	2,140
North Lincolnshire	1,650	1,710	1,880	1,900
North Somerset	1,690	1,870	1,880	1,890
North Tyneside	1,640	1,800	1,860	1,920
North Yorkshire	1,650	1,750	1,980	1,990
Northamptonshire	1.580	1,720	1,910	1,930
Northumberland	1,620	1,810	1,960	2,000
Pre LGR Nottinghamshire	1,720	—	—	—
Nottinghamshire	—	1,810	2,010	2,030
0ldham	1,650	1,820	2,040	2,100
0xfordshire	1,630	1,750	1,830	1,870
Poole	1,510	1,600	1,700	1,710
Portsmouth	1,780	1,940	2,170	2,220
Reading	—	1,670	1,660	1,710
Redbridge	1,810	1,880	2,070	2,080
Redcar and Cleveland	1,630	1,790	2,000	2,010
Richmond-upon-Thames	1,940	2,020	2,110	2,120
Rochdale	1,680	1,770	1,900	1,960
Rotherham	1,580	1,780	2,050	2,080
Rutland	1,890	2,130	2,160	2,190
Salford	1,560	1,630	1,990	2,010
Sandwell	1,850	2,040	2,110	2,120
Sefton	1,590	1,670	1,840	1,850
Sheffield	1,680	1,760	1,960	2,090
Pre LGR Shropshire	1,680	—	—	—
Shropshire	—	1,830	1,880	1,910
Slough	—	2,070	2,130	2,340
Solihull	1,630	1,770	1,920	1,930
Somerset	1,700	1,820	1,930	1,950
South Gloucestershire	1,650	1,780	1,900	1,920
South Tyneside	1,560	1,760	1,920	1,950
Southampton	1,830	1,960	2,140	2,160
Southend	—	1,870	2,040	2,040
Southwark	2,330	2,520	2,730	2,850
St Helens	1,600	1,700	2,000	2,030
Staffordshire	1,580	1,670	1,850	1,860
Stockport	1,570	1,750	1,860	1,890
Stockton-on-Tees	1,450	1,610	1,970	2,000
Stoke	1,600	1,810	1,970	2,030
Suffolk	1,770	1,900	2,000	2,060
Sunderland	1,660	1,830	1,950	2,030
Surrey	1,780	1,910	1,960	2,040
Sutton	1,870	2,030	2,230	2,270
Swindon	1,580	1,620	1,580	1,590
Tameside	1,590	1,720	1,640	1,650
Telford and Wrekin	—	1,670	1,700	1,770
Thurrock	—	1,800	2,060	2,070
Torbay	—	1,680	1,860	1,880
Tower Hamlets	2,600	2,770	3,090	3,140
Trafford	1,580	1,710	1,830	1,840
Wakefield	1,560	1,710	1,890	1,930
Walsall	1,630	1,790	2,030	2,070
Waltham Forest	2,110	2,160	2,430	2,560
Wandsworth	2,210	2,390	2,530	2,700
Warrington	—	1,740	1,880	1,900
Warwickshire	1,670	1,780	1,910	1,930
West Berkshire	—	1,760	1,950	1,980
West Sussex	1,730	1,860	1,950	2,020
Westminster	2,590	2,860	2,810	2,900
Wigan	1,520	1,610	1,900	1,920
Wiltshire	1,690	1,740	1,720	1,720
Windsor and Maidenhead	—	1,860	2,020	2,050
Wirral	1,600	1,810	1,810	1,840
Wokingham	—	1,650	1,800	1,820
Wolverhampton	1,750	1,870	2,000	2,040
Worcestershire	—	1,720	1,830	1,840
York	1,600	1,730	1,760	1,800

	2000–01	2001–02
	Primary education	Pre-primary and primary education	Primary education	Pre-primary and primary education
England	2,210	2,280	2,480	2,570
Barking and Dagenham	2,450	2,490	2,880	2,940
Barnet	2,350	2,390	2,640	2,710
Barnsley	1,980	2,020	2,250	2,350
Bath and NE Somerset	2,180	2,250	2,240	2,380
Bedfordshire	2,260	2,350	2,550	2,700
Berkshire	—	—	—	—
Bexley	2,070	2,090	2,320	2,350
Birmingham	2,460	2,580	2,730	2,860
Blackburn with Darwen	2,260	2,410	2,560	2,750
Blackpool	2,200	2,210	2,390	2,450
Bolton	2,260	2,290	2,500	2,560
Bournemouth	2,020	2,070	2,270	2,340
Bracknell Forest	2,120	2,120	2,330	2,330
Bradford	2,270	2,340	2,780	2,860
Brent	2,550	2,600	2,910	2,950
Brighton and Hove	2,050	2,210	2,330	2,430
Bromley	2,170	2,220	2,440	2,490
Buckinghamshire	1,800	1,800	1,950	1,960
Bury	2,010	2,040	2,180	2,220
Calderdale	2,160	2,170	2,400	2,410
Pre LGR Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire	2,020	2,070	2,280	2,330
Camden	2,650	3,040	3,140	3,690
Pre LGR Cheshire	—	—	—	—
Cheshire	1,880	1,900	2,060	2,100
City of Bristol	2,380	2,620	2,450	2,720
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull	2,270	2,290	2,760	2,800
City of London	4,520	4,740	4,630	4,630
City of Nottingham	2,260	2,310	2,800	2,860
City of Peterborough	2,220	2,340	2,360	2,420
City of Plymouth	2,150	2,200	2,440	2,510
Cornwall	2,030	2,070	2,270	2,340
Coventry	2,400	2,430	2,770	2,820
Croydon	2,350	2,390	2,780	2,870
Cumbria	2,240	2,270	2,550	2,550
Darlington	1,930	2,010	2,290	2,390
Derby	2,170	2,330	2,610	2,840
Derbyshire	2,020	2,040	2,250	2,290
Pre LGR Devon	—	—	—	—
Devon	2,060	2,090	2,260	2,300
Doncaster	2,230	2,240	2,520	2,550
Dorset	2,140	2,160	2,350	2,400
Dudley	2,170	2,240	2,420	2,520
Durham	2,290	2,340	2,600	2,660
Ealing	2,370	2,500	2,720	2,890
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,160	2,200	2,300	2,350
East Sussex	2,130	2,170	2,390	2,440
Enfield	2,400	2,470	2,740	2,840
Pre LGR Essex	—	—	—	—
Essex	2,240	2,250	2,460	2,480
Gateshead	2,220	2,260	2,300	2,410
Gloucestershire	2,170	2,340	2,260	2,510
Greenwich	2,830	2,990	3,210	3,430
Hackney	3,310	3,860	3,160	3,480
Halton	2,110	2,130	2,560	2,630
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,020	3,260	3,220	3,360
Hampshire	2,150	2,160	2,370	2,380
Haringey	2,590	2,780	3,080	3,440
Harrow	2,490	2,540	2,890	2,990
Hartlepool	2,070	2,090	2,550	2,620
Havering	2,200	2,230	2,390	2,430
Hereford and Worcester	—	—	—	—
Herefordshire	2,130	2,150	2,330	2,390
Hertfordshire	2,100	2,140	2,370	2,410
Hillingdon	2,200	2,220	2,430	2,470
Hounslow	2,470	2,530	2,820	2,880
Isle of Wight	2,480	2,550	2,730	2,830
Isles of Scilly	2,640	2,640	2,970	3,880
Islington	2,720	3,030	3,020	3,280
Kensington and Chelsea	3,270	3,380	3,440	3,600
Pre LGR Kent	—	—	—	—
Kent	2,220	2,320	2,520	2,670
Kingston-upon-Thames	2,270	2,280	2,630	2,650
Kirklees	2,240	2,340	2,460	2,520
Knowsley	2,300	2,350	2,510	2,580
Lambeth	2,730	2,940	2,730	2,970
Pre LGR Lancashire	—	—	—	—
Lancashire	2,160	2,220	2,450	2,530
Leeds	2,000	2,040	2,600	2,660
Leicester city	2,390	2,460	2,640	2,730
Leicestershire	2,080	2,160	2,260	2,420
Lewisham	2,680	2,970	3,120	3,370
Lincolnshire	1,990	2,000	2,070	2,090
Liverpool	2,540	2,580	2,770	2,860
Luton	2,590	2,650	2,700	2,800
Manchester	2,250	2,280	2,650	2,680
Medway	2,230	2,240	2,450	2,500
Merton	2,400	2,450	2,690	2,770
Middlesbrough	2,210	2,230	2,540	2,570
Milton Keynes	2,040	2,140	2,450	2,600
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	2,260	2,350	2,570	2,670
Newham	2,460	2,590	2,930	3,090
Norfolk	1,970	2,030	2,350	2,470
North East Lincolnshire	2,330	2,480	2,590	2,740
North Lincolnshire	2,200	2,330	2,540	2,590
North Somerset	2,070	2,090	2,090	2,130
North Tyneside	1,770	1,810	2,240	2,320
North Yorkshire	2,060	2,070	2,350	2,370
Northamptonshire	2,160	2,180	2,340	2,390
Northumberland	2,200	2,260	2,450	2,560
Pre LGR Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	—
Nottinghamshire	2,220	2,240	2,410	2,430
0ldham	2,090	2,190	2,500	2,630
0xfordshire	2,230	2,280	2,510	2,540
Poole	1,820	1,730	2,060	2,080
Portsmouth	2,260	2,330	2,480	2,580
Reading	1,700	1,750	2,010	2,070
Redbridge	2,280	2,290	2,610	2,660
Redcar and Cleveland	2,090	2,110	2,420	2,470
Richmond-upon-Thames	2,380	2,430	2,690	2,750
Rochdale	2,100	2,270	2,420	2,570
Rotherham	2,360	2,400	2,620	2,700
Rutland	2,260	2,320	2,570	2,680
Salford	2,300	2,380	2,560	2,630
Sandwell	2,190	2,210	2,510	2,540
Sefton	2,050	2,080	2,240	2,290
Sheffield	2,260	2,410	2,500	2,66
Pre LGR Shropshire	—	—	—	—
Shropshire	1,990	2,020	2,250	2,300
Slough	2,400	2,600	2,560	2,760
Solihull	2,090	2,110	2,250	2,260
Somerset	2,140	2,240	2,360	2,510
South Gloucestershire	2,190	2,200	2,340	2,370
South Tyneside	2,160	2,220	2,580	2,660
Southampton	2,360	2,400	2,570	2,610
Southend	2,220	2,230	2,530	2,560
Southwark	2,980	3,070	3,760	3,810
St Helens	2,190	2,240	2,410	2,470
Staffordshire	2,070	2,110	2,290	2,360
Stockport	2,180	2,230	2,370	2,410
Stockton-on-Tees	2,190	2,250	2,440	2,560
Stoke	2,080	2,150	2,400	2,510
Suffolk	2,220	2,290	2,420	2,560
Sunderland	2,180	2,280	2,470	2,620
Surrey	2,160	2,270	2,380	2,430
Sutton	2,430	2,510	2,640	2,700
Swindon	2,030	2,030	2,000	2,030
Tameside	1,970	2,010	2,420	2,500
Telford and Wrekin	2,060	2,200	2,320	2,440
Thurrock	2,050	2,160	2,540	2,710
Torbay	2,080	2,090	2,260	2,290
Tower Hamlets	3,350	3,400	3,670	3,820
Trafford	2,190	2,220	2,360	2,400
Wakefield	2,100	2,160	2,450	2,490
Walsall	2,200	2,260	2,450	2,560
Waltham Forest	2,480	2,560	3,080	3,140
Wandsworth	2,900	3,100	3,220	3,480
Warrington	1,980	1,990	2,220	2,250
Warwickshire	1,990	2,020	2,190	2,240
West Berkshire	2,210	2,270	2,560	2,650
West Sussex	2,200	2,270	2,360	2,500
Westminster	3,390	3,680	3,780	4,180
Wigan	2,330	2,340	2,480	2,500
Wiltshire	1,920	1,930	2,010	2,020
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,480	2,560	2,600	2,710
Wirral	2,030	2,060	2,400	2,450
Wokingham	1,980	2,010	2,210	2,270
Wolverhampton	2,070	2,120	2,390	2,500
Worcestershire	2,060	2,090	2,320	2,370
York	1,860	1,870	2,180	2,260

	2002–03*	2003–04	2004–05
	Primary education	Primary education	Primary education
England	2,530	2,750	2,910
Barking and Dagenham	2,760	3,110	3,150
Barnet	2,820	3,050	3,280
Barnsley	2,550	2,680	2,910
Bath and NE Somerset	2,480	2,670	2,850
Bedfordshire	2,540	2,710	2,830
Berkshire	—	—	—
Bexley	2,390	2,630	2,810
Birmingham	2,720	2,940	3,200
Blackburn with Darwen	2,540	2,730	2,910
Blackpool	2,370	2,660	2,880
Bolton	2,410	2,620	2,760
Bournemouth	2,390	2,520	2,670
Bracknell Forest	2,390	2,580	2,730
Bradford	2,770	2,960	3,070
Brent	2,780	3,080	3,230
Brighton and Hove	2,480	2,660	2,820
Bromley	2,400	2,590	2,690
Buckinghamshire	2,350	2,600	2,740
Bury	2,220	2,460	2,660
Calderdale	2,490	2,750	2,940
Pre LGR Cambridgeshire	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire	2,350	2,560	2,720
Camden	3,610	3,950	4,120
Pre LGR Cheshire	—	—	—
Cheshire	2,340	2,540	2,640
City of Bristol	2,510	2,720	2,860
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 2,670	2,930	2,990
City of London	4,780	5,250	4,990
City of Nottingham	2,930	3,260	3,410
City of Peterborough	2,530	2,740	2,890
City of Plymouth	2,430	2,610	2,800
Cornwall	2,440	2,640	2,810
Coventry	2,630	2,870	3,010
Croydon	2,710	2,890	3,060
Cumbria	2,560	2,740	2,870
Darlington	2,380	2,640	2,710
Derby	2,430	2,730	2,940
Derbyshire	2,350	2,480	2,630
Pre LGR Devon	—	—	—
Devon	2,370	2,620	2,790
Doncaster	2,530	2,720	2,860
Dorset	2,340	2,610	2,790
Dudley	2,310	2,620	2,760
Durham	2,590	2,810	3,000
Ealing	2,830	3,210	3,330
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,430	2,580	2,760
East Sussex	2,460	2,660	2,830
Enfield	2,730	3,090	3,270
Pre LGR Essex	—	—	—
Essex	2,570	2,750	2,900
Gateshead	2,470	2,680	2,850
Gloucestershire	2,310	2,620	2,720
Greenwich	3,080	3,280	3,530
Hackney	3,280	3,810	4,010
Halton	2,580	2,740	2,910
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,260	3,600	3,800
Hampshire	2,480	2,690	2,850
Haringey	3,110	3,440	3,590
Harrow	2,720	2,950	3,100
Hartlepool	2,430	2,660	2,840
Havering	2,490	2,730	2,920
Hereford and Worcester	—	—	—
Herefordshire	2,410	2,600	2,780
Hertfordshire	2,420	2,630	2,780
Hillingdon	2,480	2,710	2,920
Hounslow	2,840	3,060	3,160
Isle of Wight	2,690	2,840	3,000
Isles of Scilly	8,030	6,620	7,280
Islington	3,150	3,590	3,760
Kensington and Chelsea	3,550	3,990	4,160
Pre LGR Kent	—	—	—
Kent	2,400	2,630	2,770
Kingston-upon-Thames	2,600	2,950	3,110
Kirklees	2,580	2,850	3,060
Knowsley	2,620	2,850	3,010
Lambeth	3,520	3,880	4,110
Pre LGR Lancashire	—	—	—
Lancashire	2,520	2,780	2,900
Leeds	2,610	2,840	3,010
Leicester city	2,520	2,760	2,990
Leicestershire	2,190	2,420	2,580
Lewisham	3,230	3,590	3,800
Lincolnshire	2,260	2,450	2,600
Liverpool	2,720	2,970	3,100
Luton	2,660	2,910	3,100
Manchester	2,740	2,930	3,030
Medway	2,560	2,830	3,050
Merton	2,890	3,100	3,200
Middlesbrough	2,530	2,790	2,980
Milton Keynes	2,340	2,630	2,760
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	2,470	2,670	2,840
Newham	2,880	3,270	3,630
Norfolk	2,500	2,660	2,770
North East Lincolnshire	2,570	2,730	2,920
North Lincolnshire	2,480	2,670	2,840
North Somerset	2,270	2,490	2,650
North Tyneside	2,410	2,590	2,760
North Yorkshire	2,470	2,710	2,890
Northamptonshire	2,280	2,600	2,720
Northumberland	2,470	2,720	2,940
Pre LGR Nottinghamshire	—	—	—
Nottinghamshire	2,500	2,740	2,900
0ldham	2,430	2,600	2,740
0xfordshire	2,460	2,690	2,790
Poole	2,430	2,530	2,620
Portsmouth	2,780	2,950	3,070
Reading	2,430	2,640	2,730
Redbridge	2,500	2,700	2,830
Redcar and Cleveland	2,490	2,780	2,940
Richmond-upon-Thames	2,650	2,900	3,030
Rochdale	2,370	2,760	2,910
Rotherham	2,380	2,600	2,820
Rutland	2,540	2,840	2,950
Salford	2,480	2,830	2,920
Sandwell	2,530	2,760	3,010
Sefton	2,530	2,830	2,980
Sheffield	2,430	2,620	2,780
Pre LGR Shropshire	—	—	—
Shropshire	2,330	2,560	2,600
Slough	2,630	2,810	2,990
Solihull	2,260	2,460	2,580
Somerset	2,430	2,610	2,810
South Gloucestershire	2,330	2,460	2,610
South Tyneside	2,540	2,820	2,970
Southampton	2,640	2,940	3,170
Southend	2,590	2,730	2,860
Southwark	3,470	3,660	3,970
St Helens	2,500	2,590	2,790
Staffordshire	2,280	2,490	2,620
Stockport	2,260	2,460	2,720
Stockton-on-Tees	2,430	2,610	2,810
Stoke	2,320	2,640	2,730
Suffolk	2,520	2,740	2,920
Sunderland	2,470	2,660	2,840
Surrey	2,490	2,640	2,790
Sutton	2,470	2,640	2,870
Swindon	2,240	2,440	2,630
Tameside	2,480	2,610	2,750
Telford and Wrekin	2,290	2,430	2,660
Thurrock	2,680	2,810	2,940
Torbay	2,370	2,580	2,730
Tower Hamlets	3,850	4,150	4,300
Trafford	2,250	2,390	2,500
Wakefield	2,480	2,690	2,810
Walsall	2,430	2,610	2,770
Waltham Forest	2,910	3,230	3,390
Wandsworth	3,170	3,470	3,630
Warrington	2,270	2,510	2,630
Warwickshire	2,390	2,560	2,670
West Berkshire	2,500	2,680	2,840
West Sussex	2,430	2,610	2,780
Westminster	3,430	3,620	3,800
Wigan	2,400	2,620	2,780
Wiltshire	2,340	2,550	2,670
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,550	2,710	2,870
Wirral	2,520	2,640	2,730
Wokingham	2,340	2,550	2,650
Wolverhampton	2,430	2,580	2,810
Worcestershire	2,330	2,540	2,740
York	2,390	2,560	2,680

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size was in primary schools in each local education authority in each year since 1997. [44332]

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Jacqui Smith [holding answer 20 January 2006]: The information requested has been placed in the House Library.

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