asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the average amount spent per primary school pupil in England and Wales in each year since 2001-02; and what is the figure in equivalent 1996-97 values. [HL4125]
The tables below provide the available information for England and Wales. The figures provided are not comparable for the reasons set out in the notes:
England
Primary school-based expenditure1 per pupil2 Cash terms (£) Real terms (1996-97 prices)5 (£) 2001-02 2,480 2,220 2002-033 4 2,530 2,190 2003-04 2,750 2,320 2004-05 2,910 2,390 2005-06 3,150 2,530 2006-076 3,360 2,620
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. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending local authority-maintained primary schools and are drawn from the DCSF schools census adjusted to be on a financial-year basis.
3. 2002-03 saw a break in the time series following the introduction of consistent financial reporting (CFR) to schools and the associated restructuring of the outturn tables. The change in sources is after the 2001-02 figures.
4. The calculation for 2002-03 onwards is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. However, 2001-02 and earlier years include 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.
5. Cash-terms figures are converted to 1996-97 prices using March 2008 gross domestic product deflators.
6. Figures are as reported by local authorities as at 12 June 2008 and are rounded to the nearest £10. 2006-07 data remain provisional and subject to change by the local authority.
7. Figures as reported by local authorities as at 12 June 2008.
Wales
Primary school based expenditure (a) per pupil (b) Cash terms (£) Real-terms 1996-97 prices (c) (£) 2001-02 2,797 2,502 2002-03 2,924 2,536 2003-04 3,214 2,709 2004-05 3,421 2,806 2005-06 3,679 2,954 2006-07 3,902 3,049
Notes:
(a) The figures include all expenditure spend directly by the schools and also spent by the LEA on behalf of the schools.
(b) The numbers of pupils are taken from the annual schools census taken at January each year. The figures have been adjusted to be on a financial-year basis.
(c) Cash-terms figures are converted to 1996-97 prices using March 2008 gross domestic product deflators.
(d) The available figures for Wales have a wider coverage than those for England.