Catherine McKinnell corrected a written answer on Schools: Finance

26 November 2024 · Commons written answer · Department for Education

Mark Ferguson (Labour, Gateshead Central and Whickham) asked written question 3283 on 30 August 2024. Catherine McKinnell answered on 9 September 2024 for the Department for Education, and Catherine McKinnell corrected the answer on 26 November 2024. The correction replaced 2 figures (£5,055, £5,212) with 2 figures (£4,845, £5,228). Altogether 4 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) Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency, (b) the North East Combined Authority Area and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years. The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25. The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years: Year \| DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding North East * \| England 2020/21 \| £4,828 \| ~~£5,055~~ 2021/22 \| £5,220 \| ~~£5,212~~ 2022/23 \| £5,538 \| £5,534 2023/24 \| £5,869 \| £5,838 2024/25 \| £5,993 \| £5,957 * The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.	The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years. The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25. The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years: Year \| DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding North East * \| England 2020/21 \| £4,828 \| £4,845 2021/22 \| £5,220 \| £5,228 2022/23 \| £5,538 \| £5,534 2023/24 \| £5,869 \| £5,838 2024/25 \| £5,993 \| £5,957 * The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.

Original

Corrected

The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years.
The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25.
The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area.
The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years:
Year
| DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding
North East *
| England
2020/21
| £4,828
| ~~£5,055~~
2021/22
| £5,220
| ~~£5,212~~
2022/23
| £5,538
| £5,534
2023/24
| £5,869
| £5,838
2024/25
| £5,993
| £5,957
* The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.

The table below sets out funding statistics for the North East and England in each of the last five years.
The figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in the table exclude growth funding but include premises. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25.
The DSG is allocated at local authority level and, as such, the equivalent figures are not available for Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area.
The table below provides average per-pupil funding for the last five years, from the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years:
Year
| DSG Schools Block per-pupil funding
North East *
| England
2020/21
| £4,828
| £4,845
2021/22
| £5,220
| £5,228
2022/23
| £5,538
| £5,534
2023/24
| £5,869
| £5,838
2024/25
| £5,993
| £5,957
* The data the department holds for the North East is for the North East region, as opposed to the North East Combined Authority Area.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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