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Schools: Essex

Answer

The Department allocates education funding to local authorities so the requested information for Castle Point constituency is not available. In addition it is for local authorities to determine how they spend their funds locally. The per pupil revenue funding figures for schools in England and Essex local authority since 1997 is shown in the following table:

School based expenditure per pupil from 1997-98 to 2008-09
		England	Pre LGR Essex	Essex
1997-98	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	1,740	1,740	—
	Secondary Education	2,360	2,580	—
	Special Schools	9,830	8,730	—
	Total (including Pre-Primary)	2,080	2,020	—
1998-99	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	1,870	—	1,950
	Secondary Education	2,450	—	2,690
	Special Schools	10,110	—	9,590
	Total (including Pre-Primary)	2,190	—	2,230
1999-2000	Primary Education	2,010	—	1,970
	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	2,050	—	1,970
	Secondary Education	2,610	—	2,730
	Special Schools	10,900	—	9,550
	Total (including Pre-Primary)	2,390	—	2,370
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	2,370	—	2,370
2000-01	Primary Education	2,210	—	2,240
	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	2,280	—	2,250
	Secondary Education	2,830	—	2,860
	Special Schools	11,860	—	10,300
	Total (including Pre-Primary)	2,620	—	2,590
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	2,590	—	2,590
2001-02	Primary Education	2,480	—	2,460
	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	2,570	—	2,480
	Secondary Education	3,150	—	3,190
	Special Schools	13,030	—	11,330
	Total (including Pre-Primary)	2,940	—	2,880
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	2,900	—	2,870
2002-03	Primary Education	2,530	—	2,570
	Secondary Education	3,230	—	3,270
	Special Schools	12,820	—	11,780
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	2,950	—	2,960
2003-04	Primary Education	2,750	—	2,750
	Secondary Education	3,550	—	3,560
	Special Schools	14,050	—	12,720
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	3,230	—	3,200
2004-05	Primary Education	2,910	—	2,900
	Secondary Education	3,800	—	3,780
	Special Schools	15,110	—	13,200
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	3,450	—	3,390
2005-06	Primary Education	3,150	—	3,120
	Secondary Education	4,070	—	4,010
	Special Schools	16,430	—	14,280
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	3,720	—	3,630
2006-07	Primary Education	3,360	—	3,250
	Secondary Education	4,320	—	4,260
	Special Schools	17,480	—	14,530
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	3,950	—	3,820
2007-08	Primary Education	3,580	—	3,440
	Secondary Education	4,620	—	4,550
	Special Schools	18,650	—	15,440
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	4,210	—	4,070
2008-09	Primary Education	3,780	—	3,630
	Secondary Education	4,890	—	4,780
	Special Schools	19,790	—	16,860
	Total (excluding Pre-primary)	4,460	—	4,280
Notes:
1. The financial information used in the answer to this PQ is taken from the Department's s52 data collection.
2. 1999-2000 saw a change in data source when the data collection moved from the ROI form collected by CLG to the Section 52 form from the DCSF. 2002-03 saw a further break in the time series following the introduction of Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) and the associated restructuring of the outturn tables. The change in sources is shown by dotted lines.
3. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DCSF Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
4. Local government reorganisation (LGR) took place during the mid to late 1990's.
5. Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999-2000.
6. School based expenditure in LA maintained nursery schools was not recorded in 2002-03 and comparable figures are not available for 2003-04 onwards.
7. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 22 February 2010.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

506 c1180-2W; 318089

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Essex Pupils Schools Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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