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Expenditure on School Education 2005
18/01/2005
Figures for local authority spending on school
education, including two new years of data, 2002-03 and
2003-04, and new information on spending devolved to
schools.
The main findings are:
- Gross revenue expenditure in 2003-04 on primary
education was £1.4 billion, or £3,537 per pupil. This
was an increase per pupil of 12 per cent from 2002-03,
or £389 per pupil.
- Gross revenue expenditure in 2003-04 on secondary
education was £1.6 billion, or £5,058 per pupil. This
was an increase per pupil of nine per cent from
2002-03, or £401 per pupil.
- Gross revenue expenditure in 2003-04 on special
education was £390 million, or £53,749 per pupil. This
was an increase per pupil of 15 per cent from 2002-03,
or £6,944 per pupil.
- Pre-school education and other revenue expenditure
of about £440 million resulted in a total local
authority education expenditure in 2003-04 of £3.9
billion. This was a 10 per cent increase from
2002-03.
- Capital expenditure not funded from revenue in
2003-04 on primary and secondary schools was £154
million, or £213 per pupil. This was an increase per
pupil of eight per cent from 2002-03, or £16 per pupil.
This does not include PPP projects.
- Capital expenditure not funded from revenue in
2003-04 on special schools was £3.1 million, or £404
per pupil. This was a decrease per pupil of 21 per cent
from 2002-03, or £106 per pupil. This does not include
PPP projects.
- £2.4 billion of expenditure was devolved to head
teachers in 2003-04, a nine per cent increase on
2002-03.