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8th January 2003

STAFFORDSHIRE EDUCATION FUNDING STILL UNFAIR, MINISTER REVEALS

In an answer to a Parliamentary written question asked by Michael Fabricant, Minister for Schools, David Milliband, has published a table showing that Staffordshire's school children are still funded unfairly compared with those in other counties. This is the first time that such a table has been made public under the new system of calculating county allocations.

The table shows the average 'formula spending share' (fss) per pupil in primary schools and in secondary schools. (This replaces the old system of Standard Spending Assessment, SSA). "The differences are vast and unfair even under the new system" says Michael Fabricant.

"In the financial year 2003-04, Staffordshire primary schools will receive �2102 per child as the fss contribution from the Government and Staffordshire secondary schools will receive �2698 per pupil. This compares with the Surrey allocation of �2307 and �3019 and the City of London allocation of �3252 and �4322. While I can understand that the cost of employing teachers is higher in London, why do schools in Peterborough, for example, receive �2375 and �3011 per primary and secondary school pupil? In Buckinghamshire, not a poor area, the figures are �2276 and �2939. There is a huge inequity in this.

"Despite all the promises made by Labour candidates in 1997 that the Government would equalise funding for schools throughout the country by 1999, huge differences still exist - even under the new funding formula - with Staffordshire children still receiving less than those in most other counties.

"I will raise this matter in the House of Commons to see whether the Government's funding formula can be amended so that Staffordshire schools can receive the money per pupil received in other counties", adds Michael Fabricant. "I hope parents and teachers throughout Staffordshire will contact their MPs over this".

LEA Average primary formula spending share per pupil Average secondary formula spending share per pupil

Staffordshire
2,102
2,698

City of London
3,252
4,322

Camden
3,187
3,952

Greenwich
2,985
3,866

Hackney
3,336
4,208

Hammersmith and Fulham
3,087
3,935

Islington
3,217
4,156

Kensington and Chelsea
2,957
3,771

Lambeth
3,232
4,129

Lewisham
3,011
3,956

Southwark
3,160
4,147

Tower Hamlets
3,625
4,441

Wandsworth
2,923
3,890

Westminster
3,255
4,060

Barking and Dagenham
2,482
3,204

Barnet
2,555
3,250

Bexley
2,280
2,986

Brent
2,814
3,545

Bromley
2,237
2,968

Croydon
2,410
3,213

Ealing
2,757
3,442

Enfield
2,538
3,218

Haringey
2,823
3,572

Harrow
2,590
3,290

Havering
2,240
2,961

Hillingdon
2,496
3,193

Hounslow
2,714
3,373

Kingston upon Thames
2,387
3,117

Merton
2,504
3,285

Newham
2,928
3,611

Redbridge
2,505
3,160

Richmond upon Thames
2,318
3,092

Sutton
2,357
3,112

Waltham Forest
2,609
3,393

Birmingham
2,475
3,156

Coventry
2,273
2,912

Dudley
2,180
2,849

Sandwell
2,378
3,022

Solihull
2,115
2,751

Walsall
2,302
2,944

Wolverhampton
2,327
2,992

Knowsley
2,381
3,022

Liverpool
2,385
3,048

St. Helens
2,195
2,841

Sefton
2,156
2,812

Wirral
2,217
2,873

Bolton
2,269
2,883

Bury
2,169
2,833

Manchester
2,540
3,235

Oldham
2,351
2,985

Rochdale
2,323
2,988

Salford
2,281
2,936

Stockport
2,108
2,769

Tameside
2,220
2,876

Trafford
2,149
2,817

Wigan
2,149
2,808

Barnsley
2,195
2,829

Doncaster
2,244
2,836

Rotherham
2,198
2,834

Sheffield
2,217
2,877

Bradford
2,409
3,039

Calderdale
2,233
2,857

Kirklees
2,275
2,881

Leeds
2,191
2,837

Wakefield
2,167
2,812

Gateshead
2,199
2,838

Newcastle upon Tyne
2,297
2,926

North Tyneside
2,151
2,798

South Tyneside
2,233
2,881

Sunderland
2,210
2,855

Isles of Scilly
3,366
3,989

Bath and North East Somerset
2,111
2,747

City of Bristol
2,251
2,949

North Somerset
2,119
2,741

South Gloucestershire
2,107
2,729

Hartlepool
2,255
2,888

Middlesbrough
2,326
2,972

Redcar and Cleveland
2,225
2,842

Stockton-on-Tees
2,193
2,824

City of Kingston-upon-Hull
2,292
2,938

East Riding of Yorkshire
2,163
2,681

North East Lincolnshire
2,210
2,831

North Lincolnshire
2,210
2,758

North Yorkshire
2,214
2,662

York
2,074
2,702

Bedfordshire
2,219
2,831

Luton
2,432
3,149

Buckinghamshire
2,276
2,939

Milton Keynes
2,319
2,984

Derbyshire
2,128
2,715

Derby
2,233
2,885

Dorset
2,136
2,669

Poole
2,059
2,709

Bournemouth
2,122
2,763

Durham
2,208
2,797

Darlington
2,190
2,802

East Sussex
2,159
2,752

Brighton and Hove
2,183
2,850

Hampshire
2,141
2,764

Portsmouth
2,237
2,908

Southampton
2,296
2,957

Leicestershire
2,083
2,663

Leicester
2,443
2,966

Rutland
2,204
2,659

Stoke on Trent
2,254
2,904

Wiltshire
2,214
2,731

Swindon
2,153
2,788

Bracknell Forest
2,287
3,019

Windsor and Maidenhead
2,321
3,019

West Berkshire
2,333
2,970

Reading
2,412
3,161

Slough
2,623
3,326

Wokingham
2,273
2,970

Cambridgeshire
2,224
2,779

Peterborough
2,375
3,011

Cheshire
2,133
2,738

Halton
2,286
2,946

Warrington
2,101
2,761

Devon
2,217
2,708

Plymouth
2,166
2,813

Torbay
2,162
2,807

Essex
2,164
2,784

Southend
2,195
2,847

Thurrock
2,267
2,938

Herefordshire
2,246
2,683

Worcestershire
2,088
2,689

Kent
2,184
2,803

Medway
2,167
2,812

Lancashire
2,183
2,778

Blackburn
2,389
2,942

Blackpool
2,211
2,862

Nottinghamshire
2,133
2,746

Nottingham City
2,393
3,075

Shropshire
2,201
2,667

The Wrekin
2,196
2,806

Cornwall
2,233
2,758

Cumbria
2,220
2,721

Gloucestershire
2,160
2,743

Hertfordshire
2,257
2,948

Isle of Wight Council
2,210
2,779

Lincolnshire
2,226
2,714

Norfolk
2,211
2,727

Northamptonshire
2,183
2,789

Northumberland
2,206
2,734

Oxfordshire
2,266
2,884

Somerset
2,159
2,689

Suffolk
2,144
2,698

Surrey
2,307
3,019

Warwickshire
2,173
2,752

West Sussex
2,176
2,806

8th January 2003

STAFFORDSHIRE EDUCATION FUNDING STILL UNFAIR, MINISTER REVEALS

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