Mr. Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average per capita cost was of providing full-time education provision for a secondary school aged pupil in a pupil referral unit in Gloucestershire in 2008-09. [309378]
Mr. Coaker:
Consistent financial reporting 2008-09 provides income and expenditure data across a wide range of categories on a consistent basis for all local authority maintained schools in England. The data underpin the Schools Financial Benchmarking website which provides schools with the tools to compare their income and expenditure profile with that of schools in similar circumstances so that they can make informed decisions on how to manage their resources effectively.
While a CFR return is optional for pupil referral units all four PRUs in Gloucestershire submitted a return in 2008-09. They received on average £11,300 per pupil from Government sources in 2008-09. It is not possible to split this by phase of education. This includes funds delegated by the LA; funding for sixth form students; SEN funding; funding for minority ethnic pupils; Standards Fund; School Standards Grant (SSG)-pupil focused; pupil focused extended school funding and/or grants and other Government grants.
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Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average per student funding was of primary schools of (a) fewer than 50, (b) from 50 to 99, (c) from 100 to 199, (d) from 200 to 299, (e) from 300 to 399 and (f) over 400 pupils in (i) 18 Jan 2010 : Column 154W
rural and (ii) non-rural areas in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [310540]
Mr. Coaker:
The average per student funding of primary schools of varying size is set out in the following table.
The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations. Total budget share (plus grants)( 1, 2) per pupil( 3) in primary schools( 4 ) in England with an urban/rural split: 2009-10. Cash terms( 5) figures as reported by local authorities as at 11 January 2010
Total budget share (plus grants) per pupil
Number of pupils in school
<50
50-99
100-199
200-299
300-399
400 plus
All school sizes
All primary schools
5,960
4,370
3,890
3,690
3,590
3,630
3,730
Rural schools
5,940
4,310
3,590
3,270
3,120
3,070
3,640
Urban schools
6,860
4,800
4,070
3,760
3,630
3,650
3,750
(1) Budget share plus grants allocated to schools is the combination of the schools individual budget share plus any revenue grants allocated to the school at the start of the financial year. This does not include any capital funding allocated to schools. (2) The amount of money allocated to a school depends on the school funding policy of each local authority. There will be differences between authorities in the amounts of funding held centrally to spend on behalf of their schools. (3) The pupil numbers used to calculate the per pupil amounts are as reported by the local authority on their Section 52 Budget Statement (Table 2), comprising the full-time equivalent number of pupils registered at the school, used for the initial determination of the school's budget share under the local authority's allocation formula.
4. Included are all local authority maintained primary schools which are reported by their LA as being open for the entire final year (schools that are reported as either opening or closing during the financial year have been removed).
5. Figures are rounded to nearest £10.
Mr. Hendrick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent per pupil in Preston in each year since 1997. [311235]
Mr. Coaker:
Figures are not available for the parliamentary constituency of Preston as data are collected at a local authority level. The available information on how much has been spent per pupil in Lancashire local authority is shown in the following table:
School based expenditure per pupil in Lancashire local authority( 1) from 1997-98 to 2008-09
England
Pre LGR Lancashire
Lancashire
1997-98
Pre-Primary and Primary Education
1,740
1,670
-
Secondary Education
2,360
2,400
-
Special Schools
9,830
10,830
-
Total (including Pre-Primary)
2,080
2,060
-
-
1998-99
Pre-Primary and Primary Education
1,870
1,820
Secondary Education
2,450
2,450
Special Schools
10,110
10,220
Total (including Pre-Primary)
2,190
2,170
1999-2000
Primary Education
2,010
1,950
Pre-Primary and Primary Education
2,050
1,980
Secondary Education
2,610
2,550
Special Schools
10,900
10,350
Total (including Pre-Primary)
2,390
2,320
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
2,370
2,300
2000-01
Primary Education
2,210
2,160
Pre-Primary and Primary Education
2,280
2,220
Secondary Education
2,830
2,740
Special Schools
11,860
11,130
Total (including Pre-Primary)
2,620
2,540
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Total (excluding Pre-primary)
2,590
2,520
2001-02
Primary Education
2,480
2,450
Pre-Primary and Primary Education
2,570
2,530
Secondary Education
3,150
3,070
Special Schools
13,030
12,690
Total (including Pre-Primary)
2,940
2,880
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
2,900
2,840
2002-03
Primary Education
2,530
2,520
Secondary Education
3,230
3,060
Special Schools
12,820
12,640
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
2,950
2,890
2003-04
Primary Education
2,750
2,780
Secondary Education
3,550
3,360
Special Schools
14,050
13,670
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
3,230
3,170
2004-05
Primary Education
2,910
2,900
Secondary Education
3,800
3,610
Special Schools
15,110
14,630
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
3,440
3,360
2005-06
Primary Education
3,150
3,160
Secondary Education
4,070
3,940
Special Schools
16,430
15,720
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
3,710
3,670
2006-07
Primary Education
3,360
3,300
Secondary Education
4,320
4,150
Special Schools
17,480
16,270
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
4,210
4,200
2007-08
Primary Education
3,580
3,640
Secondary Education
4,620
4,510
Special Schools
18,650
17,130
Total (excluding Pre-primary)
4,210
4,200
2008-09
Primary Education
3,780
3,770
Secondary Education
4,890
4,790
Special Schools
19,790
18,880
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Total (excluding Pre-primary)
4,460
4,420
(1) Local government reorganisation (LGR) changed the area covered by Lancashire local authority. 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 R01 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 1999-00 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. 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 Annual Schools 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. The 1999-00 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.
8. Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999-00.
9. School based expenditure in LA maintained nursery schools was not recorded in 2002-03 and comparable figures are not available for 2003-04 onwards.
10. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 and are in cash terms.
