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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Paddy Ashdown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average per pupil standard spending assessment is in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) England and (ii) Somerset; if he will estimate the sums which would be available for education in Somerset if the average per pupil standard spending assessment for primary and secondary schools in Somerset were the same as the average for England; and if he will make a statement. [144594] Ms Estelle Morris: The table shows the 2001-02 provisional education SSA per primary and secondary pupil for Somerset and England. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SSA Somerset England Primary per pupil 2,405 2,588 Secondary per pupil 3,098 3,314 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. If Somerset's SSA per pupil for primary and secondary schools was the same as the national average, it is estimated that its provisional 2001-02 education SSA would be £12.6 million higher. Between 1997-98 and 2000-01, funding per pupil in Somerset has increased by £360 in real terms. In addition to a provisional increase of £10.7 million in education SSA, schools in Somerset will benefit from an estimated £5.39 million in Direct Grant in 2001-02.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

361 c336W; 144594

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Finance Education Primary education Schools Secondary education Somerset Standard spending assessments

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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