Education: Brighton

(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Brighton and Hove (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2014 prices in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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David Laws
This question was answered on 16th July 2014

Average per pupil funding figures for Brighton and Hove local authority (LA) are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.

Figures for financial years 2010 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:

Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Brighton and Hove LA

5,100

5,020

5,020

These are in real terms using June 2014 GDP deflators in 2013-14 prices:

Average revenue per pupil funding (real)

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Brighton and Hove LA

5,360

5,160

5,100

Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund etc. and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12. These figures do not include the Pupil Premium.

With the changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013-14, i.e. funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Brighton and Hove LA.

DSG schools block per pupil funding

2013-2014

2014-2015

Brighton and Hove LA (cash)

4,458

4,458

Brighton and Hove LA (real)*

4,458

4,362

*Real terms figures shown in 2013-14 prices using GDP deflators at 27.06.14

Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium, which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the Pupil Premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium per pupil (£)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Free School Meal Pupil Primary

£488

£623

£953

£1300

Free School Meal Pupil Secondary

£488

£623

£900

£935

Service Children

£200

£250

£300

£300

Looked After Children

£488

£623

£900

£1900*

*Also includes children adopted from care

Total Pupil Premium allocations for Brighton and Hove local authority for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Brighton and Hove

2.588

4.880

7.423

9.618

These figures in real terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Brighton and Hove

2.661

4.964

7.423

9.411

Price Base: Real terms at 2013-14 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 27.06.2014

Capital funding:

The table below shows capital funding for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.

Brighton and Hove

£m

Capital allocations1

Of which Building Schools for the Future2

2010-11

45.3

0.0

2011-12

16.1

0.3

2012-13

23.1

8.8

2013-14

16.7

3.5

Notes:

1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.

2. BSF includes one school pathfinders.

3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.

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