Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 July 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 July 2004 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 estimate he has made of the cost to the education budget of (a) school admissions and appeals, (b) the School Adjudicator and (c) school admissions policy staff in his Department in the last year for which figures are available. - Includes figures for cost of the Schools Adjudicators and their support staff and school admissions policy staff only. (Holding answer 20 July 2004).

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to the education budget of (a) school admissions and appeals, (b) the School Adjudicator and (c) school admissions policy staff in his Department in the last year for which figures are available. [185242] Mr. Miliband: [holding answer 20 July 2004]: The Department does not collect data on expenditure by each local authority on the administration of school admissions and appeals. However, for the financial year 2004-05, LEA net planned budgets to cover this expenditure totals £46 million, or approximately £307,000 per local authority. This includes budgets for funding delegated to governing bodies of schools that are their own admission authority and administer the system themselves. For the financial year 2003-04, outturn figures showed the total cost of the Schools Adjudicators and their support staff to be £637,572 and the total cost of school admissions policy staff to be £530,287.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c274W; 185242
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Admissions Appeals Civil servants Governing bodies Expenditure Local education authorities Schools School choice Department for Education and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
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