[holding answer 21 February 2007]: The figures in the following table show the education blocks of the 1996-97 Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) settlement (part of the Local Government Finance Settlement from what was then Department of Environment) plus Grants for Education, Support and Training from the then Department for Education and Employment. The table does not include the Isles of Scilly and the City of London due to their small size.
LEA Cash terms Real terms Tower Hamlets 3,520 4,370 Lambeth 3,500 4,350 Hackney 3,470 4,310 Southwark 3,320 4,120 Islington 3,300 4,100 Camden 3,260 4,050 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,230 4,010 Lewisham 3,210 3,990 Greenwich 3,130 3,890 Westminster 3,080 3,820 Wandsworth 3,050 3,790 Kensington and Chelsea 3,030 3,760 Haringey 3,030 3,760 Newham 3,010 3,740 Brent 2,970 3,690 Waltham Forest 2,870 3,560 Ealing 2,750 3,420 Hounslow 2,710 3,370 Manchester 2,670 3,320 Enfield 2,650 3,290 Barking and Dagenham 2,640 3,280 Croydon 2,620 3,250 Redbridge 2,600 3,230 Knowsley 2,580 3,200 Merton 2,550 3,170 Barnet 2,540 3,150 Harrow 2,540 3,150 Liverpool 2,540 3,150 Hillingdon 2,530 3,140 Birmingham 2,510 3,120 Sutton 2,500 3,100 Bexley 2,460 3,050 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,450 3,040 Havering 2,440 3,030 Kingston upon Thames 2,430 3,020 Middlesbrough 2,430 3,020 Wolverhampton 2,420 3,010 Isle of Wight Council 2,420 3,010 Hertfordshire 2,410 2,990 Bradford 2,400 2,980 Bromley 2,390 2,970 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 2,390 2,970 Sandwell 2,380 2,960 Bedfordshire1 2,380 2,960 Essex1 2,380 2,960 Coventry 2,370 2,940 Redcar and Cleveland 2,370 2,940 Berkshire1 2,370 2,940 Salford 2,360 2,930 Doncaster 2,360 2,930 East Sussex1 2,360 2,930 Kent1 2,360 2,930 Surrey 2,360 2,930 Richmond upon Thames 2,350 2,920 Buckinghamshire1 2,350 2,920 Wirral 2,340 2,910 Rochdale 2,340 2,910 South Tyneside 2,340 2,910 Oldham 2,330 2,890 Gateshead 2,330 2,890 Sunderland 2,320 2,880 City of Bristol 2,320 2,880 Hartlepool 2,320 2,880 Walsall 2,310 2.870 Sheffield 2,310 2,870 Cornwall 2,310 2,870 Durham1 2,310 2,870 West Sussex 2,310 2,870 Rotherham 2,300 2,860 Calderdale 2,300 2,860 Hampshire1 2,300 2,860 Oxfordshire 2,300 2,860 Kirklees 2,290 2,840 Stockton-on-Tees 2,290 2,840 North East Lincolnshire 2,290 2,840 Lincolnshire 2,290 2,840 Norfolk 2,290 2,840 North Lincolnshire 2,280 2,830 Nottinghamshire1 2,280 2,830 Barnsley 2,270 2,820 North Tyneside 2,270 2,820 Cambridgeshire1 2,270 2,820 Cumbria 2,270 2,820 Devon1 2,270 2,820 Lancashire1 2,270 2,820 Northumberland 2,270 2,820 St. Helens 2,260 2,810 Sefton 2,260 2,810 Bolton 2,260 2,810 North Yorkshire 2,260 2,810 Leicestershire1 2,260 2,810 Shropshire1 2,260 2,810 Leeds 2,250 2,790 Somerset 2,240 2,780 Northamptonshire 2,230 2,770 Wigan 2.220 2,760 Derbyshire1 2,220 2,760 Dorset1 2,220 2,760 Gloucestershire 2,220 2,760 Hereford and Worcester1 2,220 2,760 Wiltshire1 2,220 2,760 Tameside 2,210 2,740 Trafford 2,210 2,740 Wakefield 2,210 2,740 Cheshire1 2,210 2,740 Suffolk 2,210 2,740 Warwickshire 2,210 2,740 Dudley 2,200 2,730 Bury 2,200 2,730 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,200 2,730 York 2,200 2,730 Staffordshire1 2,190 2,720 Bath and North East Somerset 2,180 2,710 Solihull 2,170 2,690 Stockport 2,160 2,680 North Somerset 2,160 2,680 South Gloucestershire 2,120 2,630 England 2,370 2,940 1 LEAs affected by local government re-organisation in 1997-98. Notes: 1. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) settlement and Grants for Education, Support and Training. 2. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA settlement calculations. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. Cash and real terms at 2005-06 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 21 December 2006.