Annual school budgets

Summary

A request was made for annual school budgets, student numbers, and full-time equivalent staff counts for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years. The Department of Education, Sport and Culture responded by providing all requested information in an attached table.

Key Facts

• The request covered data for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years.
• Information requested included annual budgets, pupil numbers, and permanent full-time equivalent staff per school.
• The authority confirmed that all information was sent via an attached table.
• The request was received on 7 August 2018 and closed on 31 August 2018.
• The response was issued by the Corporate Services Division of the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.

Data Disclosed

• 2016-2017
• 2017-2018
• 7 August 2018
• 31 August 2018
• 561435
• 2018-09-03

Original Request

What the annual budget was for each school; how many students were in each school; and how many full-time equivalent staff were maintained in each school, for years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 561435 31 August 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 7 August 2018 and which states:

"What the annual budget was for each school; how many students were in each school; and how many full-time equivalent staff were maintained in each school, for years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018?"

Our response to your request is as follows: The attached table details the annual budget, how many pupils and the number of permanent full time equivalent staff for each school for 2016/17 to 2017/18.

Please quote the reference number 561435 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely