Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
What recent comparative assessment he has made of education funding in England and in other countries.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The most recent OECD data shows that the UK spent at least as much per pupil on state school education as any other G7 nation, apart from the United States.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) England and (ii) Hitchin and Harpenden constituency in each year between 2005 and 2017.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information on revenue funding by constituency is not held centrally and funding is not allocated separately for primary and secondary pupils. However, the below table shows the revenue and funding for schools in Hertfordshire and England since 2005.
Revenue amounts allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2005 to 2017 for Hertfordshire local authority and England. | |||
Funding for Schools 2005-17 £ millions | |||
Financial Year | Hertfordshire | England | |
2005-06 | 634.1 | 30,685.4 | |
2006-07 | 635.0 | 30,638.3 | |
2007-08 | 673.2 | 32,353.2 | |
2008-09 | 704.7 | 33,476.5 | |
2009-10 | 740.2 | 34,710.2 | |
2010-11 | 781.1 | 36,506.5 | |
2011-12 | 790.9 | 37,169.9 | |
2012-13 | 807.1 | 38,037.7 | |
2013-14 | 864.6 | 40,861.3 | |
2014-15 | 895.9 | 42,465.9 | |
2015-16 | 926.2 | 43,964.9 | |
2016-17 | 938.8 | 44,413.0 | |
This table does not include capital funding, which is not available by local areas prior to 2011-12. The Department’s total capital budget for education nationally from 2011-12 to 2016-17 was over £29 billion.
Hertfordshire local authority directly received over £340 million of core capital allocations from the Department between financial years 2011-12 to 2016-17. These figures do not include funding to academies, sixth-form colleges and multi academy trusts within the area.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average yearly expenditure (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Year | Primary expenditure | Secondary expenditure |
2011 | £1,005,000 | £5,273,000 |
2012 | £1,041,000 | £5,151,000 |
2013 | £1,098,000 | £5,400,000 |
2014 | £1,166,000 | £5,562,000 |
2015 | £1,246,000 | £5,499,000 |
2016 | £1,320,000 | £5,557,000 |
The 2011 and 2012 data only include local authority (LA) maintained schools, all other years combine academies and LA maintained schools.
As these figures are at school level they are sensitive to changes in average school size.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to increase (a) financial and (b) other support for schools with a high proportion of SEN pupils.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The government is allocating £6 billion in high needs funding to local authorities in 2018/19. Local authorities are required to delegate funds to a level that enables schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) up to £6,000 per annum, and should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover excess costs when required. The local authority can also choose to give additional funding from its high needs budget to schools that have a disproportionate number of pupils with SEN.
If a school has concerns about the level of funding they receive for their pupils with SEN, they should discuss those concerns with their local authority. For further information, please see paragraph 81 of the high needs funding operational guide, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2018-to-2019.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the incentives to retrain and re-skill as part of the industrial strategy.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Government is developing a modern Industrial Strategy which aims to increase employee wages through education and training. This will help workers achieve their career aspirations and increase their earning potential.
We are investing up to £40 million to pilot new approaches for career-long learning. The first of these pilots – the Flexible Learning Fund - was launched in October. This Fund provides up to £10 million to support projects designed to improve access to training for working adults with low or intermediate skills.
Asked by: Bim Afolami (Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's review of higher education will include part-time higher education and learning and earning.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Studying part-time and later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers. That is why the Government has taken steps to help hardworking people who want to gain new skills and advance their careers by studying part-time. These measures include offering financial support in the form of loans to cover fees and, from 2018/19, maintenance costs. We have also enshrined in law the need for the new higher education sector regulator, the Office for Students, to have regard for part-time study.
The government will set out further details of the review in due course.