To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils there have been in Leicestershire local education authority area in each year since 1996–97. [125252]
The information requested is shown in the table for each year since 1998. Prior to this Leicestershire local education authority incorporated Leicester City, Rutland and rest of Leicestershire.
| All schools: Number (headcount) of pupils by type of school— position in January each year 1998 to 20031 | ||||||
| Leicestershire local education authority | ||||||
| Nursery | Primary | Secondary2 | Special3 | Independent | All schools | |
| 1998 | 50 | 49,740 | 41,797 | 415 | 5,368 | 97,370 |
| 1999 | 50 | 50,205 | 42,598 | 431 | 5,288 | 98,572 |
| 2000 | 50 | 50,398 | 43,667 | 432 | 5,168 | 99,715 |
| 2001 | 51 | 51,193 | 44,736 | 457 | 5,242 | 101,679 |
| 2002 | 50 | 50,785 | 45,431 | 483 | 5,460 | 102,209 |
| 20031 | 35 | 50,319 | 46,383 | 504 | 5,549 | 102,790 |
| 1 Provisional | ||||||
| 1 For 1998 and 1999 includes grant maintained secondary schools. | ||||||
| 3 Maintained special school in Leicestershire LEA. | ||||||
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the (a) percentage and (b) actual cash increase in education funding for Leicestershire county council for each year since 1991–92. [125253]
The following table shows the total education standard spending assessment (ESSA) and revenue grant plus total capital funding allocated to Leicestershire local education authority for the financial
| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
| Total ESSA and Revenue Grant (£ million) | 207.7 | 221.5 | 239.0 | 263.9 | 288.4 | 310.8 |
| Cash change (£million) | — | 13.8 | 17.5 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 22.4 |
| Percentage change | — | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Total Capital funding (£ million) | 2.9 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 18.9 | 12.8 | 20.7 |
| Cash change (£million) | — | 2.6 | 2.8 | 10.6 | -6.1 | 7.9 |
| Percentage change | — | 90 | 51 | 128 | -32 | 62 |