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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the Government-allocated funding, per pupil, of school children in the Kirklees council area for each year from 1990-91 to 1997-98 for (a) under five-year-olds, (b) five to 11-year-olds and (c) 11 to 16-year-olds; and if she will make a statement. [11962] Mr. Robin Squire: The table sets out the education standard spending assessment (SSA) per pupil in Kirklees for each year from 1990-91 to 1997-98 for (a) under-five-year-olds (b) five to 10-year-olds and (c) 11 to 16-year-olds. Education SSAs do not determine the level of school spending or the balance of funding between nursery, primary and secondary education. It is up to local authorities to decide how much they spend on schools and other services within the resources at their disposal. Kirklees's education SSAs per pupil 1990-91 to 1997-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Under five years Five to 10 years 11 to 16 years £ £ £ 1990-91 223 1,527 2,171 1991-92 263 1,746 2,533 1992-93 284 1,853 2,710 1993-94 290 1,914 2,779 1994-95 281 1,912 2,675 1995-96 285 1,900 2,539 1996-97 304 1,971 2,637 1997-98{1} {2}139 2,066 2,721 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 1997-98 figures are provisional. {2} This figure is lower than in previous years because of the SSA deduction for the nursery voucher scheme.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11962; 288 c694-5W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Costs Finance Education Pupils Kirklees

Contains statistics

Yes