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Dept for Education and Employment

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Paddy Ashdown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what his estimate is of the level of spending per pupil in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Somerset for each year from 1990-91 to 2001-02, expressed in 1999-2000 prices; and if he will make a statement. [144595] Ms Estelle Morris: Spending on schools in Somerset for the financial years 1990-91 to 1998-99, the latest year for which this information is readily available, is given separately for primary and secondary schools in the table. These figures are based on net institutional expenditure at 1999-2000 prices. £ per pupil _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pre-primary and primary Secondary 1990-91 1,610 2,430 1991-92 1,670 2,410 1992-93 1,800 2,660 1993-94 1,850 2,490 1994-95 1,910 2,430 1995-96 1,850 2,470 1996-97 1,780 2,400 1997-98 1,780 2,340 1998-99 1,860 2,430 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The second table sets out the resources made available to Somerset local education authority for primary and secondary education since 1997-98, at 2000-01 prices. These figures are not directly comparable with net institutional expenditure set out, but they do reflect real terms increases in primary and secondary funding per pupil over the last three years of £370 and £330 respectively. £ per pupil _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Standard spending assessment Special and specific grants SSA and special/specific grants Primary 1997-98 2,140 40 2,180 1998-99 2,200 40 2,240 1999-2000 2,270 120 2,390 2000-01 2,310 240 2,550 Secondary 1997-98 2,810 30 2,850 1998-99 2,870 40 2,910 1999-2000 2,920 80 3,000 2000-01 2,980 190 3,180 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Under this Government, funding per pupil has already increased by over £300 nationally. Under the last Government, funding per pupil fell by £60 in real terms between 1994-95 and 1997-98. There will be further increases in funding following the year 2000 spending review: a further £370 per pupil over the three-year period, taking the total increase to nearly £700 between 1997-98 and 2003-04.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

361 c336-7W; 144595

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Finance Education Expenditure Primary education Schools Secondary education Somerset Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

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