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The note discusses some key issues that have arisen in education spending in the last year. We begin by examining the significance of the Chancellor's statements in Budget 2006 - both regarding school capital expenditure and the pledge to increase funding per pupil in the state sector to that currently seen in the private sector. We then move on to what the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2007 is likely to mean for education, given commitments in other areas of government spending. An Appendix contains some information about overall trends in public spending on education in the UK, and the international context.
Authors
Research Fellow University College London
Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.
Research Fellow
Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.
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- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2006.0071
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Goodman, A and Sibieta, L. (2006). Public spending on education in the UK: prepared for the Education and Skills Select Committee. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/public-spending-education-uk-prepared-education-and-skills-select-committee (accessed: 20 May 2024).
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