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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated per pupil to schools in (a) London, (b) the Vale of York and (c) North Yorkshire in 2004-05. [223829] Mr. Stephen Twigg: Total funding per pupil aged 3-19 for 2004-05 was £4,880 for London, £3,600 for York and £3,760 for North Yorkshire. These figures include funding via the Education Formula Spending Share and grants allocated at LEA level. They include the pensions transfer to EFSS and the Learning and Skills Council, and are in cash terms. The main reason for the difference in funding is that London authorities have more pupils living in deprived circumstances than York and North Yorkshire and receive extra funding to reflect that. London authorities also receive extra funding to reflect their high costs of recruiting and retaining staff: York and North Yorkshire do not. Notes: Price Base: Cash Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education EFS settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS and LSC. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3-19 and exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Status: 2004-05 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1009W; 223829

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Greater London Pupils Schools North Yorkshire Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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