PUPILS: PER CAPITA COSTS

16th October 2015

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to per pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Devon (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.

Mr Sam Gyimah, 

Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Devon 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 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:

Average revenue per pupilfunding (cash)

2005-06 (baseline)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Devon LA (£)

3,560

3,800

4,050

4,220

4,430

4,680

4,600

4,600

These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:

Average revenue per pupil funding (real)

2005-06 (baseline)

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Devon LA (£)

4,370

4,530

4,700

4,770

4,880

5,010

4,850

4,770
Per pupil figures use DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.
 
The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks (namely schools, early years and high needs) means 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 Devon LA.
 

DSG schoolsblock per pupil funding (£)

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

Devon LA (cash)

4,156

4,156

4,342

Devon LA (real) [1]

4,215

4,156

4,299
[1] Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15.
 
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 Premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for universal infant free school meals (UIFSM), 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 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

2015-2016

Free School Meal Pupil Primary

£488

£623

£953

£1323

£1320

Free School Meal Pupil Secondary

£488

£623

£900

£935

£935

Service Children

£200

£250

£300

£300

£300

LookedAfter Children

£488

£623

£900

£1900[2]

£1900[2]
[2] Also includes children adopted from care.
 
Total Pupil Premium allocations for Devon 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

2015-16 (prov.)

Devon

5.486

11.161

17.221

22.942

23.220

These figures in real terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-16 (prov.)

Devon

5.786

11.559

17.467

22.942

22.990
Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015.
 
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.
   

Devon £m

Capital allocations

2005-06

30.5

2006-07

53.0

2007-08

68.1

2008-09

56.8

2009-10

71.6

2010-11

31.8

2011-12

31.1

2012-13

37.5

2013-14

48.4

2014-15

42.3

2015-16 (prov.)

10.2
Notes:
 
  • Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
  • Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
  • Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.

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