Education and Skills written question – answered at on 10 May 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Stockton, South have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception.
The following table shows the number of children in Stockton, South benefiting from EiC, and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question.
Number of children | Total EiC expenditure(18)(£) | Spend per pupil (£) | |
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2000–01 | 8,196 | 574,495 | 70.09 |
2001–02 | 8,219 | 1,148,283 | 139.71 |
2002–03 | 8,238 | 1,700,191 | 206.38 |
2003–04 | 8,295 | 2,585,332 | 311.67 |
(18) All funding figures supplied by Stockton Finance Office.
The large increase in the rate of EiC funding in 2002–03 is due to the extra funding provided through the Behaviour Improvement Programme and the increase in 2003–04 is due to the introduction of the Leadership Incentive Grant.
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