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| Education spending to reach £74bn | Education spending to reach £74bn |
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| Government spending on education in England is to continue rising - but by less than it has been doing. | Government spending on education in England is to continue rising - but by less than it has been doing. |
| Chancellor Gordon Brown said in his Budget there would be 5% cash increases for the next three years - 3% after inflation - to £74bn in total by 2010. | Chancellor Gordon Brown said in his Budget there would be 5% cash increases for the next three years - 3% after inflation - to £74bn in total by 2010. |
| Among other things this would fund one-to-one tuition for 600,000 pupils, with extended services in all schools. | Among other things this would fund one-to-one tuition for 600,000 pupils, with extended services in all schools. |
| Recently the annual increase has been 4.4%. Mr Brown also said the "education leaving age" would rise to 18. | Recently the annual increase has been 4.4%. Mr Brown also said the "education leaving age" would rise to 18. |
| "We will, for the first time in our country's history, make education a right for every young person until 18," he said. | "We will, for the first time in our country's history, make education a right for every young person until 18," he said. |
| Work-based training | Work-based training |
| The Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, is to announce on Thursday how the government intends to implement this pledge, which has been discussed for some months. | The Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, is to announce on Thursday how the government intends to implement this pledge, which has been discussed for some months. |
| READ THE REPORT The Budget 2007 [1.76MB] Most computers will open this document automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader All Budget documents | READ THE REPORT The Budget 2007 [1.76MB] Most computers will open this document automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader All Budget documents |
| But it will mean all youngsters will have to be in some form of education or training - including training while in work - until they are 18. | But it will mean all youngsters will have to be in some form of education or training - including training while in work - until they are 18. |
| Mr Brown told MPs the continuing increases would also allow for a doubling of the apprenticeship numbers to 500,000. | Mr Brown told MPs the continuing increases would also allow for a doubling of the apprenticeship numbers to 500,000. |
| Higher education student numbers would rise to 1.2 million. | Higher education student numbers would rise to 1.2 million. |
| Student loan sale | |
| Separate announcements were being made about the rest of the UK. | Separate announcements were being made about the rest of the UK. |
| As with previous budgets, we will need to see the small print John Dunford,Association of School and College Leaders The Wales Office said the next Assembly would get just short of £1bn more over four years for education. | |
| Mr Brown also confirmed the government was to sell off its student loan book, raising £6bn. | |
| The University and College Union said this was a short-term strategy as the government would ultimately lose money from repaid debts. | |
| ¿We need assurances from government that the money raised will be ploughed back into higher education and not used to replace public funding," said general secretary Sally Hunt. | |
| "Furthermore, as students are forced to borrow more to meet the cost of their university education, we need a guarantee that the interest rate on student loans will not rise.¿ | |
| State-private gap | |
| Education spending in England was £29bn in 1997 and is £60bn this year. | Education spending in England was £29bn in 1997 and is £60bn this year. |
| Cash spending per pupil, which was £2,500 in 1997, would from now to 2010 rise by a further 10% in real terms to £6,600. | Cash spending per pupil, which was £2,500 in 1997, would from now to 2010 rise by a further 10% in real terms to £6,600. |
| This was "continuing to narrow the gap in investment per pupil between state and private schools," Mr Brown said. | This was "continuing to narrow the gap in investment per pupil between state and private schools," Mr Brown said. |
| This was something he promised in last year's Budget but which has been criticised for its vagueness - among others by the Commons education select committee. | |
| Conservative leader David Cameron ridiculed it in his response to the Budget. | |
| He said the chancellor was promising that one number he did not know would rise towards another number he did not know, but he could not say when. | He said the chancellor was promising that one number he did not know would rise towards another number he did not know, but he could not say when. |
| He added: "For 10 years you have been telling us that education is your priority ... but 40% of primary school leavers can't read properly." | He added: "For 10 years you have been telling us that education is your priority ... but 40% of primary school leavers can't read properly." |
| The leader of the National Union of Teachers, Steve Sinnott, said he was delighted the Chancellor was maintaining his commitment to narrow the state-private gap. | |
| But he added: "The chancellor must make clear the target date for the achievement of equity for children in the state sector." | |
| John Dunford of the Association of School and College Leaders said: ¿On the face of it, this appears to be a good deal for education. | |
| "However, as with previous budgets, we will need to see the small print before we can calculate the real effect that this will have on school and college budgets." |