To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average expenditure per pupil was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Westminster in 1997; and how much was allocated for 2006-07. (126441)

The school based expenditure per pupil in Westminster local authority in 1997-98 was £2,587 per pupil for local authority maintained nursery and primary schools and £3,046 per pupil for local authority secondary schools. In 2006-07, the Dedicated School Grant (DSG) guaranteed unit of funding allocated to Westminster was £4,513 per pupil.