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Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the funding allocation per (a) secondary and (b) primary school pupil was in each local authority area in the East of England in each of the last five years. [289396]
Mr. Coaker: The per pupil revenue funding figures for primary and secondary schools pupils for East of England local authorities in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows. These figures are in real terms:
The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the new Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 because the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded.
The 2004-05 to 2005-06 figures are based on Education Formula Spending (EFS) which formed the education part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. The DSG is based largely on an authority's previous spending. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG's Local Government Finance Settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department's time series as the two sets of data are not comparable. An alternative time series is currently under development.
To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above, this does not represent the totality of "education" funding in that year.
The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2005-06 (baseline) to 2008-09 for East of England local authorities are provided in the following table.
The figures for 2009-10 are not currently available as figures for grants at a local authority level are still in the process of being finalised. The figures for 2009-10 will be available later in the financial year.
As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available. The figures below are for all funded pupils aged 3-19 and are in real terms:
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average expenditure per pupil was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Dacorum (i) in 1997 and (ii) the last 12 month period for which figures are available. [289442]
Mr. Coaker: Figures are not available for Dacorum borough council as data are collected at top tier local authority level. The available information on the average expenditure per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Hertfordshire local authority is shown in the following table:
| 1997-98 | 2007-08 | |||
| Pre-primary and primary education | Secondary education | Primary education | Secondary education | |
| 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 ROI form collected by the CLG to the Section 52 form from the DCSF. 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. From 2002-03 school based expenditure is taken from Section 52 Outturn Table A line 51 net current expenditure (NCE). For 2001-02 and earlier years the expenditure is calculated as lines 1 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 Outturn Table 3 for 1999-2000 to 2001-02 and from the R01 form previously. 3. The calculation for 2002-03 onwards is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. 4. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DCSF Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis. 5. 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. 6. Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999-2000. 7. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 and cash terms figures. | ||||
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued to parents on the terms under which crèches can voluntarily register with Ofsted under the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. [286935]
Dawn Primarolo: The voluntary part of the General Childcare Register was introduced in April 2007, under the provisions of the Childcare Act 2006. The Department for Children, Schools and Families has distributed 5,400 copies of a leaflet about the voluntary register to parents and childcare providers through the Family Information Services of all local authorities. Parents can also find information on the voluntary part of the General Childcare Register on the Ofsted website at:
Schools: Asbestos
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) if he will commission a national audit to determine the (a) extent, (b) type and (c) condition of asbestos in school buildings; [289818]
(2) if he will commission a national audit to determine the standards of asbestos management in respect of school buildings. [289819]
Mr. Coaker: In January 2009 DCSF sent out a questionnaire about the management of asbestos in system-built schools to local authorities to confirm that the school duty holders were managing asbestos correctly. DCSF and HSE are evaluating the responses to identify local authorities that are managing the risks, so that HSE inspections can be targeted at those that are not.
We do not intend to extend this to a national audit to determine the extent, type and condition of asbestos in school buildings. The Control of Asbestos Regulation 2006 places duties on those responsible for the maintenance and repair of non-domestic buildings, including schools, to take reasonable steps to identify the location and condition of asbestos containing materials. The duty holder must then use this information to make a written record and management plan to ensure that the risks of exposure to asbestos are properly managed. A national audit would duplicate these arrangements, and have little or no effect in reducing the health risks associated with asbestos.
Schools: Birmingham
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what capital funding has been allocated to schools in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency for each of the last three years. [291443]
Mr. Coaker: The Department does not maintain central records on school capital allocations on a constituency basis, as they are made on a local authority basis. School capital allocations to Birmingham for each of the last three years are shown in the following table:
| £ million | |
The 2009-10 allocations include £127 million in respect of the Building Schools for the Future programme, and an advance of £12.6 million brought forward from 2010-11 in support of the Government's fiscal stimulus initiative.
Schools: Buildings
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools for children aged three to 18 years have different primary and secondary sites. [292165]
Mr. Coaker: The Department does not hold these data.
Source:
EduBase
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