PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pupils: Yorkshire and the Humber (20 March 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) York local authority and (B) Yorkshire and the Humber in (1) cash terms and (2) at 2014 prices in 2005-06 and in each year since.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

The Department primarily allocates capital and revenue funding at local authority level.

The allocations listed below are for financial years 2011-12 to 2016-17. These include: devolved formula capital, school condition allocations, and basic need allocations. The funding allocated to Yorkshire and Humber in financial year 2013-15 also includes targeted basic need funding.

Capital allocations(All values £m)	2011-12	2012-13	2013-15	2015-16	2016-17
York	7.7	8.6	12.4	9.8	9.8
Yorkshire and Humber	204	181	344	179	180

Funding distributed to academies and Multi Academy Trusts is not included, as they often allocate funding across LA boundaries.

More detail on funding for new free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools; on schools and school blocks being rebuilt under the Priority Schools Building Programmes; and funding allocated through the Condition Improvement Fund can be accessed via the links below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/psbp-list-of-successful-applicants

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-school-building-programme-2-list-of-successful-schools

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund

The data for capital funding allocated to local areas prior to 2011-12 is not readily available.

The table in the attachment (Annex A) shows average per-pupil revenue funding figures from financial year 2005-06 (DSG baseline) to 2016-17. These figures are in cash terms.

Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium which targets funding to help pupils from the most disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their full potential. Total Pupil Premium allocations for York local authority and the Yorkshire & Humber region for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
York LA	1.284	2.567	3.945	5.215	5.139	5.120
Yorkshire & Humber region	65.644	126.372	198.494	262.285	262.888	262.559

The Government publishes GDP deflators that can be used to understand the impact of inflation over time. These are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-march-2017-spring-budget-2017.

Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
5 April 2017