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Written Question
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Tuesday 16th July 2019

Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of education funding was per pupil in Suffolk in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2018-19.

Answered by Nick Gibb

​The revenue funding allocated for schools for financial years 2009-10 and 2018-19 for Suffolk local authority are shown in the table below.

Financial Year

Suffolk local authority

2009-10

£420.9 million

2018-19

£549.6 million

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jan 2019
Apprenticeships and Skills Policy

"I agree with a number of the hon. Lady’s points, but while I accept what she says about individuals gaining access to education as adults, does she not agree that employers have a duty to their staff to ensure that they are properly trained, that their careers are developed, and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I commend the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for bringing the debate to Westminster Hall today, when there are many other pressing demands on our time, because this is an important matter. She rightly highlighted …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

"Certainly, eating disorders are an area of great challenge. One of the difficulties is that very often young people present in great distress after their illness has taken hold for quite some time, and the prognosis can be less good in those situations. A lot of young people may have …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

"I completely agree, but it is also about breaking down the silos on the ground. It is all very well Government Departments coming together to work together and the silos being broken down—that did help between the Department of Health and the Department for Education on special educational needs under …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 04 Dec 2018
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

"The extra money is of course welcome, but the focus on crisis intervention is perhaps wrong. We should try to stop children getting to that point in the first place, and invest more in early intervention and community teams. In order to do that, we need to reverse the decline …..."
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Written Question
Educational Institutions: Suffolk
Wednesday 21st November 2018

Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the continuation of an independent land-based skills college in Suffolk.

Answered by Anne Milton

We want to make sure that there is high quality, land-based provision serving Norfolk and Suffolk. Following the recent Ofsted inspection of Easton and Otley College, we will work with the college to consider its options and to ensure that learners have access to quality land-based provision in the locality.

Written Question
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Wednesday 18th July 2018

Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per pupil has been allocated to schools in Suffolk in each year since 2009.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The revenue funding allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2009 to 2018 for Suffolk local authority can be found in the attached table.

Revenue amounts allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2009 to 2018 for Suffolk Local Authority (LA). Funding for Schools 2009-18 £ millions

Financial Year

Suffolk LA

2009-102

420.9

2010-113

444.4

2011-12

448.2

2012-13

457.6

2013-14

483.2

2014-15

497.0

2015-16

514.8

2016-17

518.6

2017-184

529.2

[1] There have been various changes to the way revenue funding has operated over this period, though essentially the above figures cover local government finance settlement for schools, the dedicated schools grant and other revenue grants.

[2] For 2009, primary and secondary pupil numbers in each local authority in England can be found in table 10a of the local authority tables for each year at:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120505163205/http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000843/index.shtml.

[3] For 2010-17, primary and secondary pupil numbers in each local authority in England can be found in the local authority tables for each year at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers

[4] Data for 2017 to 2018 and onwards will be added to the webpage in due course.

Written Question
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Thursday 5th July 2018

Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much per pupil funding has been allocated to each (a) primary school and (b) secondary school in Suffolk in each year since 2009.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The revenue funding allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2009 to 2018 for Suffolk local authority is shown in the attached table. Funding is not allocated separately for primary and secondary pupils.

Written Question
Education: Suffolk
Friday 15th June 2018

Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated by his Department for education in Suffolk in each year since 2010.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The table below shows the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations for schools, early years and high needs in Suffolk.

Financial year

DSG (£ million)

2018 to 2019

508.66

2017 to 2018

489.15

2016 to 2017

476.14

2015 to 2016

471.74

2014 to 2015

453.85

2013 to 2014

451.31

2012 to 2013

445.62

2011 to 2012

442.62

2010 to 2011

379.52

The precise coverage of the DSG has changed during the period, which means that the figures for some years are not entirely comparable.