Asked by: Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
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 per pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the county of Suffolk (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Suffolk 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 |
Suffolk LA | 3,590 | 3,820 | 4,100 | 4,290 | 4,500 | 4,760 | 4,680 | 4,680 |
These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:
Average revenue per pupil funding (real) | 2005-06 (baseline) | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Suffolk LA | 4,410 | 4,560 | 4,760 | 4,840 | 4,960 | 5,100 | 4,930 | 4,840 |
Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 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 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, means 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 Suffolk LA.
DSG schools block per pupil funding | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 |
Suffolk LA (cash) | 4,241 | 4,241 | 4,354 |
Suffolk LA (real)* | 4,302 | 4,241 | 4,311 |
*Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15
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, 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 Free School Meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts 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 | 2015-2016 |
Free School Meal Pupil Primary | £488 | £623 | £953 | £1323 | £1320 |
Free School Meal Pupil Secondary | £488 | £623 | £900 | £935 | £935 |
Service Children | £200 | £250 | £300 | £300 | £300 |
Looked After Children | £488 | £623 | £900 | £1900* | £1900* |
*Also includes children adopted from care
Total Pupil Premium allocations for Suffolk 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 | 2015-16 (prov.) |
Suffolk | 5.548 | 12.021 | 19.244 | 26.165 | 26.363 |
These figures in real terms:
Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-16 (prov.) |
Suffolk | 5.851 | 12.450 | 19.519 | 26.165 | 26.102 |
Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015
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.
Suffolk | |
£m | Capital allocations |
2005-06 | 41.7 |
2006-07 | 33.0 |
2007-08 | 42.5 |
2008-09 | 47.6 |
2009-10 | 86.4 |
2010-11 | 75.4 |
2011-12 | 45.2 |
2012-13 | 64.1 |
2013-14 | 53.4 |
2014-15 | 36.7 |
2015-16 (prov.) | 11.3 |
Notes:
1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
3. Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.
Asked by: Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students in (i) Suffolk and (ii) England and Wales have been funded by the pupil premium in each of the last five years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011 and applies only in England. During the first year of its operation, only pupils who were currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) attracted pupil premium funding. From April 2012, the funding has been paid to schools for the number of pupils who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the previous 6 years.
Data which split the pupil premium into the primary and secondary phases of education are only available for the deprivation element of the premium. Information on deprivation pupil premium by primary and secondary year groups was first published in 2013/14. Total funding allocations were published for earlier years. The most useful data are provided in the tables attached.