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Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 2 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough have received in funding per student in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (319063)

Per pupil revenue funding figures for primary school pupils (ages three to 10) for each London borough between 2004-05 and 2005-06 are shown in Table 1. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 1: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—SSA/ EFS plus grants

£

2004-05

2005-06

Camden

5,860

6,100

Greenwich

5,210

5,570

Hackney

5,970

6,380

Hammersmith and Fulham

5,700

5,940

Islington

5,760

6,120

Kensington and Chelsea

5,910

6,090

Lambeth

5,830

6,110

Lewisham

5,350

5,710

Southwark

5,430

5,880

Tower Hamlets

6,110

6,570

Wandsworth

5,040

5,410

Westminster

5,560

5,840

Barking and Dagenham

4,410

4,610

Barnet

4,200

4,520

Bexley

3,810

4,000

Brent

4,850

5,160

Bromley

3,810

4,040

Croydon

4,140

4,350

Ealing

4,640

4,990

Enfield

4,370

4,570

Haringey

5,100

5,340

Harrow

4,220

4,500

Havering

3,770

3,970

Hillingdon

4,110

4,400

Hounslow

4,540

4,850

Kingston upon Thames

3,840

4,140

Merton

4,220

4,510

Newham

5,030

5,310

Redbridge

4,070

4,300

Richmond upon Thames

3,810

4,060

Sutton

3,910

4,100

Waltham Forest

4,660

4,850

Notes:

1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.

2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Standard Spending Assessment/Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS.

3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged three to 10 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. For those authorities in receipt of advance of grant under the transitional support arrangements for 2004-05, advance grant funding is included in the year of payment (2004-05). There will be a consequential reduction in DFES grant for these LEAs in future years (either 2006-07 and 2007-08 or 2006-07 to 2008-09, depending on the terms on which the advance was given to the LEA).

4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations.

5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.

6. Status: Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.

Per pupil revenue funding figures for secondary school pupils (ages 11 to 15) for each London borough between 2004-05 and 2005-06 are shown in Table 2. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 2: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—SSA/EFS plus grants

£

2004-05

2005-06

Camden

7,200

7,340

Greenwich

6,600

6,970

Hackney

7,990

8,320

Hammersmith and Fulham

7,240

7,310

Islington

7,440

7,800

Kensington and Chelsea

7,660

7,760

Lambeth

7,920

8,180

Lewisham

7,100

7,490

Southwark.

7,600

7,820

Tower Hamlets

7,600

7,930

Wandsworth

6,600

6,850

Westminster

6,850

6,950

Barking and Dagenham

5,540

5,690

Barnet

5,180

5,510

Bexley

4,800

4,960

Brent

6,220

6,510

Bromley

4,910

5,050

Croydon

5,410

5,620

Ealing

5,950

6,280

Enfield

5,410

5,590

Haringey

6,790

6,790

Harrow

5,300

5,480

Havering

4,850

5,020

Hillingdon

5,120

5,420

Hounslow

5,590

5,870

Kingston upon Thames

4,880

5,120

Merton

5,320

5,590

Newham

6,200

6,420

Redbridge

4,970

5,140

Richmond upon Thames

4,920

5,100

Sutton

4,890

5,020

Waltham Forest

5,960

6,130

Notes:

1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.

2. Figures reflect relevant sub-block-s of Standard Spending Assessment/Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS.

3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3 to 10 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. For those authorities in receipt of advance of grant under the transitional support arrangements for 2004-05, advance grant funding is included in the year of payment (2004-05). There will be a consequential reduction in DFES grant for these LEAs in future years (either 2006-07 and 2007-08 or 2006-7 to 2008-9, depending on the terms on which the advance was given to the LEA).

4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations.

5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.

6. Status: Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.

The revenue per pupil figures shown in Table 3 are taken from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 (in Tables 1 and 2 above) 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.

To provide a comparison for 2008-09 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06 (the baseline); as described above this does not represent the totality of ‘education’ funding in that year.

Per pupil revenue funding figures for pupils (ages 3-15)for each London borough between 2005-06 and 2008-09 are shown in Table 3. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 3: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—DSG plus grants

2005-06 (baseline)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Camden

6,570

6,690

6,900

6,910

Greenwich

5,660

5,920

6,130

6,260

Hackney

6,510

6,910

7,070

7,250

Hammersmith and Fulham

6,050

6,330

6,540

6,490

Islington

6,140

6,430

6,700

6,660

Kensington and Chelsea

6,420

6,480

6,610

6,530

Lambeth

6,180

6,390

6,620

6,780

Lewisham

5,910

6,130

6,300

6,330

Southwark

5,990

6,440

6,640

6,650

Tower Hamlets

6,680

7,010

7,270

7,350

Wandsworth

5,430

5,650

5,880

5,980

Westminster

5,540

6,040

6,310

6,260

Barking and Dagenham

4,960

4,960

5,240

5,270

Barnet

4,810

4,980

5,130

5,200

Bexley

4,400

4,510

4,660

4,730

Brent

5,210

5,340

5,590

5,700

Bromley

4,240

4,350

4,510

4,590

Croydon

4,480

4,650

4,850

4,910

Ealing

5,200

5,350

5,540

5,620

Enfield

4,770

4,910

5,070

5,100

Haringey

5,560

5,640

5,850

5,940

Harrow

4,590

4,800

4,970

5,170

Havering

4,360

4,450

4,600

4,670

Hillingdon

4,610

4,790

4,930

4,990

Hounslow

5,010

5,180

5,340

5,380

Kingston upon Thames

4,560

4,670

4,790

4,850

Merton

4,550

4,810

4,960

5,010

Newham

5,360

5,640

5,870

5,970

Redbridge

4,400

4,580

4,760

4,820

Richmond upon Thames

4,440

4,550

4,690

4,750

Sutton

4,490

4,590

4,740

4,810

Waltham Forest

4,970

5,170

5,330

5,330

Notes:

1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation), and Standards Fund as well as funding from the-Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LA level.

2. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.

3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3 to 15.

4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.

5. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.