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<p>The tables below set out funding statistics for Knowsley constituency, Knowsley
local authority, the North West and England in the last five years. Knowsley local
authority is included instead of Merseyside, since Merseyside is not a local authority.</p><p>
</p><p>The department cannot provide comparable funding data for each of the last
10 years due to the changes in the funding system since that time. The scope of the
per pupil funding before and after 2018/19 are not directly comparable. In particular,
funding for the central services provided by local authorities was split out from
the schools block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central
school services block from that year onwards.</p><p> </p><p>For Knowsley local authority,
the North West and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the
schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in table one
exclude growth funding but include premises.</p><p> </p><p>The DSG is allocated at
local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Knowsley
constituency. The constituency level data for Knowsley is therefore calculated based
on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream
schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those
in table one, not only because DSG funding cannot be aggregated down to constituency
level, but also because the context of the funding figures is not the same.</p><p>
</p><p>The tables below provide average per pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Table one</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per pupil funding *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Knowsley
local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,382</p></td><td><p>£4,838</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">£5,055</del><ins class="ministerial">£4,845</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,752</p></td><td><p>£5,221</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">£5,212</del><ins class="ministerial">£5,228</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,082</p></td><td><p>£5,524</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,465</p></td><td><p>£5,835</p></td><td><p>£5,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,651</p></td><td><p>£5,962</p></td><td><p>£5,957</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream
Schools Additional grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been
incorporated into the DSG.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table two</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>NFF Schools Block per pupil funding **</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Knowsley
constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,867</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>** The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are
determined by the local funding formula in their area. Additional grants, such as
the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional grant (MSAG)
are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.</p>
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