Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) total and (b) average funding per head is under the basic funding formula for pupils in Staffordshire in 2014-15.

Total funding under the schools block element of the dedicated schools grant in financial year 2014 to 2015 for Staffordshire is £455.7 million, with an associated unit of funding per pupil of £4,310.

More information on the dedicated schools grant allocations for financial year 2014 to 2015 can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015