Schools: Per Capita Costs
Commons · Question 19672 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 Dec 2024
The 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...