Local Authority Budgets for Education: Wales and England Comparisons, 2009-10

Statistics on Local Authority Education Budgets include comparison data for Wales and England for the period 2009-10.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Average budgeted spend per pupil on local authority education in Wales in 2009-10 was £5,429, representing an increase of 2.8% on the previous year’s outturn.  This is £527 per pupil lower than in England (£346 excluding London).
• The overall budget per pupil for England was £5,956 (£5,775 excluding London), representing a rise of 2.4% on the previous year’s outturn.
• Budgeted spend per head of population in Wales in 2009-10 was £830.  The budget per head for England was £836 (£814 excluding London).
• 2009-10 pupil numbers fell by 0.5% for Wales and 0.4% for England.

Further information can be found on the StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3519
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)