Cumbria Education Authority: Finance

Mr. Jamie Reed
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the education budget was for Cumbria local education authority in financial year (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2006-07.

Jim Knight
In 2006-07 Cumbria local authority received a Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocation of £246.4 million and revenue grants of £62.5 million—a total of £308.9 million to fund the education of nursery, primary and secondary school aged pupils. 1996-97 figures are not available on a comparable basis.