Written questions by Fuller.

What estimate her Department has made of the average cost of (a) employing a (i) teacher and (ii) a member of support staff and (b) energy and (c) other non-staff expenditure per pupil in the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25 and (C) 2025-26 and (D) 2026-27 financial year.

The department publishes the ‘Schools’ costs: technical note’ (SCTN), which includes data on school workforce costs and non-staff expenditure, including energy. This year’s SCTN publication and historical publications are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note.

What the average cost of building a special educational needs school was in the last five years.

New school buildings are delivered by the department, local authorities, and other bodies.The average cost of building a special educational needs school can be found on pages 25-29 in the national cost benchmarking study published at: https://documents.hants.gov.uk/property-services/NationalSchoolDeliveryBenchmarkingreport.pdf.This report contains cost information on local authority delivered schools and department-delivered schools, the data has been collected since 2012.Standards for new school buildings change over time, for example to increase sustainability requirements, so care should be taken in comparing costs directly year to year.

What the average cost per pupil was to construct a special educational needs school in the last five years.

New school buildings are delivered by the department, local authorities, and other bodies.The average cost of building a special educational needs school can be found on pages 25-29 in the national cost benchmarking study published at: https://documents.hants.gov.uk/property-services/NationalSchoolDeliveryBenchmarkingreport.pdf.This report contains cost information on local authority delivered schools and department-delivered schools, the data has been collected since 2012.Standards for new school buildings change over time, for example to increase sustainability requirements, so care should be taken in comparing costs directly year to year.