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Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Answer

The per pupil revenue funding figures for primary and secondary school pupils for each London local authority in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows. These figures are in real terms:

Real terms revenue funding per pupil—EFS plus grants
£
		2004-05	2005-06
		Primary(aged 3-10)	Secondary (aged 11-15)	Primary (aged 3-10)	Secondary (aged 11-15)
301	Barking and Dagenham	4,480	4,390	4,690	4,580
302	Barnet	4,280	4,190	4,600	4,490
303	Bexley	3,880	3,790	4,070	3,970
304	Brent	4,920	4,840	5,240	5,140
305	Bromley	3,880	3,800	4,120	4,030
202	Camden	5,950	5,900	6,190	6,130
306	Croydon	4,210	4,120	4,430	4,330
307	Ealing	4,720	4,630	5,070	4,960
308	Enfield	4,440	4,360	4,650	4,540
203	Greenwich	5,290	5,190	5,660	5,530
204	Hackney	6,060	6,010	6,460	6,390
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	5,780	5,680	6,030	5,950
309	Haringey	5,170	5,070	5,410	5,320
310	Harrow	4,290	4,190	4,580	4,470
311	Havering	3,840	3,750	4,050	3,950
312	Hillingdon	4,190	4,080	4,470	4,350
313	Hounslow	4,620	4,530	4,930	4,820
206	Islington	5,840	5,760	6,200	6,120
207	Kensington and Chelsea	5,990	5,950	6,180	6,120
314	Kingston upon Thames	3,920	3,800	4,220	4,100
208	Lambeth	5,910	5,820	6,200	6,100
209	Lewisham	5,430	5,340	5,800	5,690
315	Merton	4,290	4,190	4,590	4,470
316	Newham	5,100	4,990	5,380	5,270
317	Redbridge	4,140	4,040	4,370	4,260
318	Richmond upon Thames	3,890	3,800	4,140	4,030
210	Southwark	5,510	5,430	5,970	5,860
319	Sutton	3,990	3,870	4,180	4,050
211	Tower Hamlets	6,200	6,080	6,650	6,520
320	Waltham Forest	4,730	4,630	4,920	4,830
212	Wandsworth	5,120	5,070	5,490	5,420
213	Westminster	5,650	5,570	5,930	5,820
Notes
1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 June 2009.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS.
3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3-15 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level.
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.

The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the new Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 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 2006-07 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of 'education' funding in that year.The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2005-06 (baseline) to 2008-09 for each London local authority are provided in the following table. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available.The following figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19 and are in real terms:

Real terms revenue funding per pupil—DSG plus grants
£
		All pupils aged 3-19
		2005-06 (Baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
301	Barking and Dagenham	4,940	4,940	5,230	5,270
302	Barnet	4,790	4,960	5,120	5,200
303	Bexley	4,390	4,490	4,650	4,730
304	Brent	5,190	5,320	5,570	5,700
305	Bromley	4,220	4,330	4,500	4,590
202	Camden	6,550	6,670	6,880	6,910
306	Croydon	4,470	4,640	4,840	4,910
307	Ealing	5,180	5,330	5,520	5,620
308	Enfield	4,750	4,890	5,060	5,100
203	Greenwich	5,640	5,900	6,110	6,260
204	Hackney	6,480	6,890	7,050	7,250
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	6,030	6,310	6,530	6,490
309	Haringey	5,540	5,620	5,830	5,940
310	Harrow	4,570	4,780	4,950	5,170
311	Havering	4,350	4,440	4,590	4,670
312	Hillingdon	4,600	4,770	4,920	4,990
313	Hounslow	4,990	5,160	5,320	5,380
206	Islington	6,110	6,410	6,690	6,660
207	Kensington and Chelsea	6,400	6,460	6,590	6,530
314	Kingston upon Thames	4,540	4,650	4,780	4,850
208	Lambeth	6,160	6,370	6,600	6,780
209	Lewisham	5,890	6,110	6,290	6,330
315	Merton	4,530	4,800	4,950	5,010
316	Newham	5,340	5,620	5,850	5,970
317	Redbridge	4,380	4,560	4,750	4,820
318	Richmond upon Thames	4,420	4,540	4,670	4,750
210	Southwark	5,970	6,410	6,620	6,650
319	Sutton	4,480	4,570	4,730	4,810
211	Tower Hamlets	6,650	6,990	7,250	7,350
320	Waltham Forest	4,950	5,160	5,320	5,330
212	Wandsworth	5,410	5,630	5,860	5,980
213	Westminster	5,520	6,010	6,290	6,260
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 Ere not allocated at LA level.
2. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 June 2009 3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19
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.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

497 c984-8W; 293046

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Greater London Pupils Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

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