Written question asked by Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the per capita central Government funding was for (a) Surrey and (b) Durham. - Inc table.

Answer: Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per capita central Government funding was for (a) Surrey and (b) Durham. [72392] Mr. Miliband: The following table shows for 2002-03 the overall level of recurrent funding per capita for pupils in Surrey and Durham. Other per capita funding for the other sectors of education are not collected by the Department. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Durham 3,390 Surrey 3,340 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. 2. Funding consists of Education Standard Spending plus all schools-related revenue grants in DfES' departmental expenditure limit which are relevant to pupils aged 4 to 19. 3. Calculations are based on full-time equivalent pupils aged 4 to 19 in maintained schools. 4. The figures are in 2001-02 prices based on the GDP deflators published by the Treasury on 28 June.

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