Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to use state schools to encourage social mobility.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
I want to ensure all young people are prepared for life in modern Britain, regardless of background. Over the course of this Parliament, we have invested £8.8bn through the pupil premium, and introduced accountability measures to ensure it is used to improve the progress and attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Our analysis shows that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is narrowing.
We are also investing £5 million to help schools ensure that pupils develop character attributes, such as resilience and grit, which underpin success in education and employment.
Education plays a vital role in giving all young people the opportunities they deserve. That’s why we are committed to ensuring all young people can attend a good local school. One million more pupils are in good or outstanding schools than in 2010.
Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Surrey (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each year since 2005.
Answered by David Laws
Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Surrey are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.
Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:
Average revenue per pupil funding (cash) | 2005-06 (baseline) | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Surrey local authority (LA) | 3,700 | 3,940 | 4,210 | 4,390 | 4,600 | 4,860 | 4,800 | 4,800 |
The below figures are in real terms using December 2014 gross domestic product (GDP) deflators in 2013-14 prices:
Average revenue per pupil funding (real) | 2005-06 (baseline) | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Surrey LA | 4,460 | 4,630 | 4,800 | 4,890 | 5,000 | 5,130 | 4,980 | 4,910 |
The per pupil figures use the sum of DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, such as the school standards grant, the school standards grant (personalisation) and the standards fund; divided by total pupils aged 3-15 and then rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.
The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013-14, with funding allocated through three blocks; ‘schools’, ‘early years’ and ‘high needs’, mean that there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Surrey LA.
DSG schools block per pupil funding | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
Surrey LA (cash) | 4,096 | 4,096 |
Surrey LA (real)* | 4,096 | 4,012 |
*Real terms figures shown in 2013-14 prices using GDP deflators at 23.12.14
Since 2011-12 schools have received the pupil premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals (FSM), looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for FSM at any point in the last six years. The per-pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:
Pupil premium per pupil (£) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
Free school meal pupil primary | £488 | £623 | £953 | £1300 |
Free school meal pupil secondary | £488 | £623 | £900 | £935 |
Service children | £200 | £250 | £300 | £300 |
Looked after children | £488 | £623 | £900 | £1900* |
*Also includes children adopted from care
Total pupil premium allocations for Surrey local authority for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:
Pupil premium allocations (£ millions) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
Surrey | 5.944 | 12.658 | 20.164 | 26.777 |
The below figures are in real terms:
Pupil premium allocations (£ millions) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
Surrey | 6.168 | 12.927 | 20.164 | 26.226 |
Price Base: real terms at 2013-14 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 23.12.2014
The table below shows capital funding for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.
Surrey | |
Year | Capital allocations (£ millions) |
2005-06 | 51.6 |
2006-07 | 42.2 |
2007-08 | 48.7 |
2008-09 | 74.6 |
2009-10 | 72.5 |
2010-11 | 61.7 |
2011-12 | 59.9 |
2012-13 | 66.3 |
2013-14 | 55.2 |
2014-15 (prov.) | 66.6 |
Notes:
1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
3. Funding in 2014-15 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change.