Catherine McKinnell corrected a written answer on Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Laurence Turner (Labour, Birmingham Northfield) asked written question 759 on 18 July 2024. Catherine McKinnell answered on 26 July 2024 for the Department for Education, and Catherine McKinnell corrected the answer on 26 November 2024. The figure £5,212 in the original became £5,228 in the correction. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Original and corrected answer
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
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| The tables below provide average per-pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25. For Birmingham, the West Midlands and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in table one exclude growth funding but include premises and additional funding from grants. The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Birmingham Northfield constituency. The constituency level data for Birmingham Northfield is therefore instead calculated based on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those in table one, not only because DSG funding cannot be aggregated down to constituency level, but also because the context of the funding figures are not the same. The figures in table two do not include the money that schools in the Birmingham Northfield constituency have received through additional grants, such as the Schools Supplementary Grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional Grant (MSAG), therefore making the constituency-level funding appear to rise slower than that of the others presented. Table one Year | DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding Birmingham | West Midlands | England 2020-21 | £5,162 | £4,823 | £4,845 2021-22 | £5,518 | £5,198 | 2022-23 | £5,830 | £5,506 | £5,534 2023-24 | £6,144 | £5,815 | £5,838 2024-25 | £6,244 | £5,931 | £5,957 Table two NFF Schools Block per-pupil funding * Year | Birmingham Northfield constituency 2020-21 | £5,429 2021-22 | £5,562 2022-23 | £5,707 2023-24 | £5,991 2024-25 | £6,304 * The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. | The tables below provide average per-pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25. For Birmingham, the West Midlands and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in table one exclude growth funding but include premises and additional funding from grants. The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Birmingham Northfield constituency. The constituency level data for Birmingham Northfield is therefore instead calculated based on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those in table one, not only because DSG funding cannot be aggregated down to constituency level, but also because the context of the funding figures are not the same. The figures in table two do not include the money that schools in the Birmingham Northfield constituency have received through additional grants, such as the Schools Supplementary Grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional Grant (MSAG), therefore making the constituency-level funding appear to rise slower than that of the others presented. Table one Year | DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding Birmingham | West Midlands | England 2020-21 | £5,162 | £4,823 | £4,845 2021-22 | £5,518 | £5,198 | £5,228 2022-23 | £5,830 | £5,506 | £5,534 2023-24 | £6,144 | £5,815 | £5,838 2024-25 | £6,244 | £5,931 | £5,957 Table two NFF Schools Block per-pupil funding * Year | Birmingham Northfield constituency 2020-21 | £5,429 2021-22 | £5,562 2022-23 | £5,707 2023-24 | £5,991 2024-25 | £6,304 * The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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