Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in free schools is spent on non-teaching staff.
Answer
The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.
The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.
These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.
For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.