Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average per pupil funding was for 16 to 19 year olds in (a) further education colleges and (b) other colleges and schools in each of the last five years.
The table below uses the published 16-19 funding allocations to derive the average funding per student for further education (FE) colleges, and all other types of providers, from 2016/17 and the subsequent four academic years.
Average total programme funding per student £ | |||||
Provider type | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
FE colleges | £4,623 | £4,627 | £4,653 | £4,674 | £5,111 |
Other providers | £4,386 | £4,370 | £4,390 | £4,392 | £4,840 |