Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency, (b) the North East Combined Authority Area and (c) England in each of the last five years.

The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years.

The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25.

The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area.

The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years:

* The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.