Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average spending per pupil was in (a) mainstream primary schools, (b) mainstream secondary schools, (c) special schools, (d) pupil referral units and (e) academies in each local authority in each year since 1997. [275653]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The average spending per pupil in (a) mainstream primary schools, (b) mainstream secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pupil referral units since 1997 is shown in a table, which will be placed in the House Libraries.
The average spending per pupil for academies in each local authority in each year since 1997 is not available for individual local authority areas. However, the national funding per pupil for academies, for financial years currently available are shown in the following table.
Financial year
Per pupil (£)
2003-04
4,294
2004-05
4,469
2005-06
4,203
2006-07
4,600
2007-08
5,001
2008-09
5,344
Notes:
1. Certain elements of funding such as start-up and VAT grants have been omitted to make the figures better comparable with those for maintained schools.
2. For each academy, the largest element of funding (the school budget share) is calculated by using the relevant local authority formula so that funding is equivalent to that received by a maintained school with identical characteristics.
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the per capita spend per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in each local education authority area in England in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. [276183]
Jim Knight:
The per capita spend per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each local education authority area in England for (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08 is shown in the following table.
School based expenditure per pupil in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools (1997-98 and 2007-08)
1997-98
2007-08
LA maintained pre-primary and primary schools
LA maintained secondary schools
LA maintained primary schools
LA maintained secondary schools
England
1,740
2,360
3,580
4,620
Barking and Dagenham
1,970
2,650
3,790
5,690
Barnet
1,860
2,640
4,040
5,090
Barnsley
1,560
2,220
3,590
4,440
Bath and NE Somerset
1,720
2,360
3,360
4,150
Bedfordshire
1,750
2,240
3,500
4,090
Berkshire
1,610
2,320
—
—
Bexley
1,590
2,350
3,440
4,660
Birmingham
1,940
2,590
3,950
5,230
Blackburn with Darwen
—
—
3,580
4,930
Blackpool
—
—
3,530
4,420
Bolton
1,750
2,330
3,350
4,660
Bournemouth
1,480
2,210
3,270
4,240
Bracknell Forest
—
—
3,230
4,430
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Bradford
2,140
1,640
3,740
4,830
Brent
2,030
3,850
4,130
5,690
Brighton and Hove
1,550
2,310
3,240
4,620
Bromley
1,720
2,570
3,300
4,610
Buckinghamshire
1,630
2,290
3,280
4,220
Bury
1,490
2,160
3,250
4,290
Calderdale
1,660
2,510
3,550
4,560
Cambridgeshire pre LGR
1,580
2,270
—
—
Cambridgeshire
—
—
3,280
4,210
Camden
2,390
3,160
4,960
6,280
Cheshire pre LGR
1,710
2,310
—
—
Cheshire
—
—
3,390
4,300
City of Bristol
1,810
2,570
3,460
4,990
City of Kingston-upon-Hull
1,680
2,280
3,590
4,770
City of London
3,810
0
6,240
0
City of Nottingham
—
—
4,030
5,270
City of Peterborough
—
—
3,590
4,960
City of Plymouth
—
—
3,400
4,510
Cornwall
1,670
2,320
3,380
4,410
Coventry
1,800
2,500
3,640
4,850
Croydon
1,910
2,700
3,720
4,870
Cumbria
1,860
2,500
3,590
4,510
Darlington
1,420
2,070
3,440
4,610
Derby
1,670
2,550
3,590
4,590
Derbyshire
1,580
2,300
3,340
4,320
Pre LGR Devon
1,630
2,310
—
—
Devon
—
—
3,390
4,240
Doncaster
1,890
2,460
3,520
4,870
Dorset
1,640
2,120
3,340
4,180
Dudley
1,570
2,190
3,540
4,390
Durham
1,690
2,210
3,740
4,730
Ealing
2,020
2,700
4,020
5,470
East Riding of Yorkshire
1,610
2,300
3,320
4,140
East Sussex
1,670
2,350
3,400
4,370
Enfield
1,900
2,630
4,010
5,080
Essex pre LGR
1,740
2,580
—
—
Essex
—
—
3,440
4,550
Gateshead
1,700
2,300
3,550
4,590
Gloucestershire
1,640
2,260
3,380
4,270
Greenwich
2,190
2,700
4,440
6,030
Hackney
2,420
3,070
5,230
6,970
Halton
—
—
3,680
5,030
Hammersmith and Fulham
2,520
3,400
4,690
6,070
Hampshire
1,700
2,330
3,410
4,320
Haringey
2,360
3,170
4,370
5,870
Harrow
2,140
2,860
3,860
5,540
Hartlepool
1,500
2,150
3,810
4,820
Havering
1,750
2,720
3,550
5,000
Hereford and Worcester
1,660
2,200
—
—
Herefordshire
—
—
3,470
4,280
Hertfordshire
1,760
2,520
3,310
4,490
Hillingdon
1,730
2,720
3,890
5,250
Hounslow
2,060
2,670
3,910
5,190
Isle of Wight
1,800
2,200
3,830
4,360
Isles of Scilly
2,560
4,570
7,670
0
Islington
2,340
3,170
4,950
6,010
Kensington and Chelsea
2,650
3,410
5,130
6,640
Kent pre LGR
1,700
2,420
—
—
Kent
—
—
3,290
4,510
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Kingston-upon-Thames
1,830
2,480
3,780
4,830
Kirklees
1,650
2,260
3,800
4,600
Knowsley
1,700
2,260
3,600
5,250
Lambeth
2,810
3,290
5,060
6,480
Lancashire pre LGR
1,670
2,400
—
—
Lancashire
—
—
3,640
4,510
Leeds
1,710
2,370
3,610
4,640
Leicester city
1,740
2,320
3,820
4,920
Leicestershire
1,660
2,290
3,220
4,140
Lewisham
2,340
3,050
4,670
6,270
Lincolnshire
1,680
2,510
3,280
4,420
Liverpool
1,660
2,370
4,020
5,190
Luton
1,700
2,190
3,800
4,930
Manchester
1,620
2,450
3,590
5,150
Medway
—
—
3,570
4,600
Merton
2,060
2,490
3,770
4,670
Middlesbrough
1,580
2,390
3,750
5,430
Milton Keynes
1,610
2,090
3,470
4,660
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1,940
2,480
3,610
4,780
Newham
1,850
2,820
4,500
6,010
Norfolk
1,710
2,450
3,540
4,340
North East Lincolnshire
1,600
2,230
3,600
4,900
North Lincolnshire
1,650
2,260
3,360
4,570
North Somerset
1,690
2,430
3,300
4,260
North Tyneside
1,640
2,270
3,400
4,570
North Yorkshire
1,650
2,340
3,530
4,320
Northamptonshire
1,580
2,250
3,230
4,400
Northumberland
1,620
2,040
3,660
3,970
Nottinghamshire pre LGR
1,720
2,380
—
—
Nottinghamshire
—
—
3,430
4,400
Oldham
1,650
2,300
3,420
4,870
Oxfordshire
1,630
2,270
3,220
4,410
Poole
1,510
1,820
3,200
4,420
Portsmouth
1,780
2,320
3,630
4,550
Reading
—
—
3,450
4,720
Redbridge
1,810
2,610
3,520
4,750
Redcar and Cleveland
1,630
2,270
3,620
4,670
Richmond-upon-Thames
1,940
2,550
3,650
5,160
Rochdale
1,680
2,400
3,660
4,890
Rotherham
1,580
2,180
3,560
4,750
Rutland
1,890
0
3,530
4,370
Salford
1,560
2,330
3,480
5,020
Sandwell
1,850
2,420
3,730
4,830
Sefton
1,590
2,360
3,610
4,690
Sheffield
1,680
2,180
3,440
4,490
Shropshire pre LGR
1,680
2,480
—
—
Shropshire
—
—
3,250
4,220
Slough
—
—
3,560
4,930
Solihull
1,630
2,320
3,210
4,130
Somerset
1,700
2,240
3,410
4,110
South Gloucestershire
1,650
2,440
3,210
4,280
South Tyneside
1,560
2,110
3,600
4,870
Southampton
1,830
2,420
3,640
5,130
Southend
—
—
3,580
4,610
Southwark
2,330
3,040
5,140
6,730
St. Helens
1,600
2,270
3,470
4,710
Staffordshire
1,580
2,110
3,270
4,220
Stockport
1,570
2,110
3,350
4,250
Stockton-on-Tees
1,450
2,120
3,380
4,520
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Stoke
1,600
2,300
3,370
4,790
Suffolk
1,770
2,290
3,510
4,240
Sunderland
1,660
2,220
3,520
4,750
Surrey
1,780
2,310
3,360
4,300
Sutton
1,870
2,540
3,530
4,570
Swindon
1,580
2,180
3,230
4,210
Tameside
1,590
2,190
3,290
4,340
Telford and Wrekin
—
—
3,260
4,550
Thurrock
—
—
3,490
4,480
Torbay
—
—
3,300
4,530
Tower Hamlets
2,600
3,200
5,500
7,510
Trafford
1,580
2,300
3,110
4,290
Wakefield
1,560
2,150
3,590
4,340
Walsall
1,630
2,240
3,610
4,590
Waltham Forest
2,110
2,780
3,940
5,500
Wandsworth
2,210
2,640
4,540
5,690
Warrington
—
—
3,170
4,450
Warwickshire
1,670
2,250
3,260
4,150
West Berkshire
—
—
3,390
4,580
West Sussex
1,730
2,360
3,330
4,420
Westminster
2,590
3,050
4,810
6,250
Wigan
1,520
2,310
3,400
4,580
Wiltshire
1,690
2,270
3,260
4,140
Windsor and Maidenhead
—
—
3,500
4,550
Wirral
1,600
2,360
3,450
4,820
Wokingham
—
—
3,270
4,320
Wolverhampton
1,750
2,500
3,790
5,150
Worcestershire
—
—
3,270
4,210
York
1,600
2,350
3,290
4,190
Notes:
1. 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.
2. 1999-2000 saw a change in data source when the data collection moved from the RO1 form collected by the ODPM to the Section 52 form from the DCSF (formerly DFES). 2002-03 saw a further break in the time series following the introduction of Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) to schools and the associated restructuring of the outturn tables.
3. 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.
4. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DCSF School Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
5. Local government reorganisation (LGR) took place during the mid to late 1990's and those LAs that did not exist either pre or post LGR are shaded out for those years.
6. 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.
7. Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999-2000.
8. School based expenditure in LA maintained nursery schools was not recorded in 2002-03 and comparable figures are not available for 2003-04 onwards.
9. Figures are as reported by local authorities as at 12 May 2009 and are rounded to the nearest £10. 2007-08 data are subject to change by the local authority.
10. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 12 May 2009.
