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Pupils: Per Capita Costs

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Per pupil revenue funding figures for primary school pupils (ages three to 10) for each London borough between 2004-05 and 2005-06 are shown in Table 1. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 1: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—SSA/ EFS plus grants
£
	2004-05	2005-06
Camden	5,860	6,100
Greenwich	5,210	5,570
Hackney	5,970	6,380
Hammersmith and Fulham	5,700	5,940
Islington	5,760	6,120
Kensington and Chelsea	5,910	6,090
Lambeth	5,830	6,110
Lewisham	5,350	5,710
Southwark	5,430	5,880
Tower Hamlets	6,110	6,570
Wandsworth	5,040	5,410
Westminster	5,560	5,840
Barking and Dagenham	4,410	4,610
Barnet	4,200	4,520
Bexley	3,810	4,000
Brent	4,850	5,160
Bromley	3,810	4,040
Croydon	4,140	4,350
Ealing	4,640	4,990
Enfield	4,370	4,570
Haringey	5,100	5,340
Harrow	4,220	4,500
Havering	3,770	3,970
Hillingdon	4,110	4,400
Hounslow	4,540	4,850
Kingston upon Thames	3,840	4,140
Merton	4,220	4,510
Newham	5,030	5,310
Redbridge	4,070	4,300
Richmond upon Thames	3,810	4,060
Sutton	3,910	4,100
Waltham Forest	4,660	4,850
Notes:
1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Standard Spending Assessment/Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS.
3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged three to 10 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. For those authorities in receipt of advance of grant under the transitional support arrangements for 2004-05, advance grant funding is included in the year of payment (2004-05). There will be a consequential reduction in DFES grant for these LEAs in future years (either 2006-07 and 2007-08 or 2006-07 to 2008-09, depending on the terms on which the advance was given to the LEA).
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.
6. Status: Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.

Per pupil revenue funding figures for secondary school pupils (ages 11 to 15) for each London borough between 2004-05 and 2005-06 are shown in Table 2. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 2: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—SSA/EFS plus grants
£
	2004-05	2005-06
Camden	7,200	7,340
Greenwich	6,600	6,970
Hackney	7,990	8,320
Hammersmith and Fulham	7,240	7,310
Islington	7,440	7,800
Kensington and Chelsea	7,660	7,760
Lambeth	7,920	8,180
Lewisham	7,100	7,490
Southwark.	7,600	7,820
Tower Hamlets	7,600	7,930
Wandsworth	6,600	6,850
Westminster	6,850	6,950
Barking and Dagenham	5,540	5,690
Barnet	5,180	5,510
Bexley	4,800	4,960
Brent	6,220	6,510
Bromley	4,910	5,050
Croydon	5,410	5,620
Ealing	5,950	6,280
Enfield	5,410	5,590
Haringey	6,790	6,790
Harrow	5,300	5,480
Havering	4,850	5,020
Hillingdon	5,120	5,420
Hounslow	5,590	5,870
Kingston upon Thames	4,880	5,120
Merton	5,320	5,590
Newham	6,200	6,420
Redbridge	4,970	5,140
Richmond upon Thames	4,920	5,100
Sutton	4,890	5,020
Waltham Forest	5,960	6,130
Notes:
1. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-block-s of Standard Spending Assessment/Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS.
3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DFES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3 to 10 and exclude Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. For those authorities in receipt of advance of grant under the transitional support arrangements for 2004-05, advance grant funding is included in the year of payment (2004-05). There will be a consequential reduction in DFES grant for these LEAs in future years (either 2006-07 and 2007-08 or 2006-7 to 2008-9, depending on the terms on which the advance was given to the LEA).
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.
6. Status: Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.

The revenue per pupil figures shown in Table 3 are taken from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 (in Tables 1 and 2 above) 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 2008-09 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06 (the baseline); as described above this does not represent the totality of 'education' funding in that year.Per pupil revenue funding figures for pupils (ages 3-15)for each London borough between 2005-06 and 2008-09 are shown in Table 3. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available. These figures are in real terms and are based on financial years.

Table 3: Real terms revenue funding per pupil—DSG plus grants
	2005-06 (baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Camden	6,570	6,690	6,900	6,910
Greenwich	5,660	5,920	6,130	6,260
Hackney	6,510	6,910	7,070	7,250
Hammersmith and Fulham	6,050	6,330	6,540	6,490
Islington	6,140	6,430	6,700	6,660
Kensington and Chelsea	6,420	6,480	6,610	6,530
Lambeth	6,180	6,390	6,620	6,780
Lewisham	5,910	6,130	6,300	6,330
Southwark	5,990	6,440	6,640	6,650
Tower Hamlets	6,680	7,010	7,270	7,350
Wandsworth	5,430	5,650	5,880	5,980
Westminster	5,540	6,040	6,310	6,260
Barking and Dagenham	4,960	4,960	5,240	5,270
Barnet	4,810	4,980	5,130	5,200
Bexley	4,400	4,510	4,660	4,730
Brent	5,210	5,340	5,590	5,700
Bromley	4,240	4,350	4,510	4,590
Croydon	4,480	4,650	4,850	4,910
Ealing	5,200	5,350	5,540	5,620
Enfield	4,770	4,910	5,070	5,100
Haringey	5,560	5,640	5,850	5,940
Harrow	4,590	4,800	4,970	5,170
Havering	4,360	4,450	4,600	4,670
Hillingdon	4,610	4,790	4,930	4,990
Hounslow	5,010	5,180	5,340	5,380
Kingston upon Thames	4,560	4,670	4,790	4,850
Merton	4,550	4,810	4,960	5,010
Newham	5,360	5,640	5,870	5,970
Redbridge	4,400	4,580	4,760	4,820
Richmond upon Thames	4,440	4,550	4,690	4,750
Sutton	4,490	4,590	4,740	4,810
Waltham Forest	4,970	5,170	5,330	5,330
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 are not allocated at LA level.
2. Price Base: Real terms at 2008-09 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 9 December 2009.
3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3 to 15.
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

506 c1176-8W;506 c1175-8W; 319063

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Greater London Pupils Schools Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

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