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WQ.446/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST. HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2023
Question
“Will the Minister state the amount of Government expenditure across the following areas of education for each year between 2018 and 2022 –
- primary schools;
- secondary schools; and
- university and tertiary education?”
Answer
- The amount of Government expenditure on primary schools between 2018 and 2022:
|
Primary Schools |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
School Nurseries |
2,650 |
2,716 |
2,716 |
2,387 |
2,410 |
|
Mainstream Primary Schools |
35,881 |
32,807 |
31,755 |
30,018 |
28,928 |
|
Fee Paying Primary Schools |
734 |
646 |
602 |
731 |
689 |
|
Private Primary Schools |
811 |
794 |
834 |
797 |
838 |
|
Primary School Total |
40,076 |
36,963 |
35,907 |
33,933 |
32,865 |
*Private primary schools are De La Salle, Beaulieu and FCJ
- The amount of Government expenditure on secondary schools between 2018 and 2022:
|
Secondary Schools |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Mainstream Secondary Schools |
32,153 |
30,418 |
30,033 |
27,780 |
26,536 |
|
Fee Charging Secondary Schools |
4,982 |
4,530 |
5,338 |
4,967 |
4,692 |
|
Private Secondary Schools |
3,836 |
3,778 |
3,614 |
3,447 |
3,413 |
|
Secondary School Total |
40,971 |
38,726 |
38,985 |
36,194 |
34,641 |
*Private secondary schools are Beaulieu and De La Salle
- The amount of Government expenditure on Tertiary education between 2018 and 2022 was approximately:
|
Tertiary |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Highlands College* |
10,861 |
10,390 |
10,273 |
9,831 |
9,244 |
|
Student Finance |
15,717 |
15,898 |
16,073 |
12,428 |
9,955 |
|
University & Tertiary |
26,578 |
26,288 |
26,346 |
22,259 |
19,199 |
*Please note that the costs to the Government of providing all the services at Highlands College are given in the table above. Whilst most of the education provided at Highlands College fits the definition ‘Tertiary’, it also provides some elements of secondary education which it is not possible to split out consistently over this period.