Speeches

Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-02-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which 10 local authorities have (1) the most, and (2) the least, pupil funding.

Lord Nash

Local authorities (LAs) are funded for their schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). This currently comprises three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs. Each LA has its own school block unit of funding (SBUF), and the 10 highest and lowest 10 SBUFs for financial year 2016 to 2017 are shown below:

10 highest funded LAs

2016-2017 SBUF

10 lowest funded LAs

2016-2017 SBUF

City of London

8,587

Leicestershire

4,238

Tower Hamlets

6,982

Dorset

4,232

Hackney

6,858

Stockport

4,229

Lambeth

6,486

Trafford

4,227

Southwark

6,463

South Gloucestershire

4,214

Hammersmith and Fulham

6,351

Cheshire East

4,206

Camden

6,233

York

4,202

Islington

6,221

West Sussex

4,198

Newham

6,127

Poole

4,187

Westminster

6,020

Wokingham

4,167