Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(asked on 3rd February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which 10 local authorities have (1) the most, and (2) the least, pupil funding.
Local authorities (LAs) are funded for their schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). This currently comprises three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs. Each LA has its own school block unit of funding (SBUF), and the 10 highest and lowest 10 SBUFs for financial year 2016 to 2017 are shown below:
10 highest funded LAs | 2016-2017 SBUF | 10 lowest funded LAs | 2016-2017 SBUF |
City of London | 8,587 | Leicestershire | 4,238 |
Tower Hamlets | 6,982 | Dorset | 4,232 |
Hackney | 6,858 | Stockport | 4,229 |
Lambeth | 6,486 | Trafford | 4,227 |
Southwark | 6,463 | South Gloucestershire | 4,214 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 6,351 | Cheshire East | 4,206 |
Camden | 6,233 | York | 4,202 |
Islington | 6,221 | West Sussex | 4,198 |
Newham | 6,127 | Poole | 4,187 |
Westminster | 6,020 | Wokingham | 4,167 |