Written question asked by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 November 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 2012. It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 19 November 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the per pupil units of funding were for (a) Worcestershire, (b) Herefordshire, (c) Gloucestershire, (d) Warwickshire, (e) Staffordshire, (f) Shropshire and (g) Birmingham in the latest period for which figures are available.

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Answer

Local authorities receive funding for pupils through the dedicated schools grant based on a guaranteed unit of funding for each pupil. The guaranteed units of funding for each authority for 2012-13, the latest year for which figures are available, are set out in the following table.

	Local authority	Guaranteed unit of funding, 2012-13 (£)
(a)	Worcestershire	4,600.77
(b)	Herefordshire	4,723.65
(c)	Gloucestershire	4,660.95
(d)	Warwickshire	4,662.81
(e)	Staffordshire	4,653.02
(f)	Shropshire	4,611.67
(g)	Birmingham	5,688.80

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Type: Written question
Reference: 128986; 553 c372W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Birmingham Finance Education Pupils Schools Warwickshire Staffordshire Shropshire Per capita costs Worcestershire Gloucestershire Herefordshire
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

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