Service Pupil Premium
(asked on 4th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent from the public purse on the Service Pupil Premium in each year from 2011 to 2017.
The table below shows the total Service Pupil Premium funding allocated to schools by the Department for Education in each financial year from 2011 to 2017.
Financial year | Total Service Pupil Premium funding allocated to schools | Number of eligible pupils |
2011-12 [1] | £9,014,000 | 45,070 |
2012-13 [2] | £13,093,000 | 52,370 |
2013-14 [3] | £17,381,000 | 57,940 |
2014-15 [4] | £19,317,000 | 64,390 |
2015-16 [5] | £20,668,700 | 68,896 |
2016-17 [6] | £22,040,775 | 73,469 |
2017-18 [7] | £22,580,400 | 75,268 |
It should be noted that the rate of funding increased from £200 per pupil in 2011-12 to £250 per pupil in 2012-13; and then to £300 per pupil in 2013-14 and all subsequent years.
Eligibility for the Service Pupil Premium has also been extended since the funding was introduced. In 2011-12, only those pupils who were identified in the January 2011 school census as currently being Service children attracted the funding. In subsequent years, pupils have also been eligible for the Service Premium if they were recorded as Service children in any school census since January 2011 but no longer have this status (e.g. because their parent has left the armed forces); or if they are in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or the War Pensions Scheme.
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables
[4] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2014-to-2015-final-allocations
[5] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations
[6] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017
[7] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018