Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 19672
Schools: Per Capita Costs
Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17084 on Schools: Per Capita Costs, if she will provide these figures adjusted for inflation by the (a) retail price index and (b) consumer price index.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe GDP deflator is the standard measure of inflation for public spending and is an appropriate measure for school costs. Therefore, the department does not produce estimates for the real terms increases in spending per pupil using the Consumer Price Inde...
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