Education
Education spending is the second-largest area of public service spending in the UK, representing about 4.5% of national income in 2015–16. In a recent report, we compared spending across stages of education over time.
Source: Figure 6.1a, Long-run comparisons of spending per pupil across different stages of education, February 2017
Chris Belfield and Luke Sibieta, Comparison of parties’ plans for education spending on 16-18 year-olds in England, 1 June 2017
Chris Belfield and Luke Sibieta, A comparison of manifesto proposals on school spending in England, 26 May 2017
Sarah Cattan and Christine Farquharson, More hours, more children, and more spending: early years and childcare proposals from Labour and the Liberal Democrats, 17 May 2017
Chris Belfield, Jack Britton and Laura van der Erve, Labour’s Higher Education proposals will cost £8bn per year, although increase the deficit by more. Graduates who earn most in future would benefit most, 11 May 2017
Jack Britton and Luke Sibieta, Labour’s proposed boost to education spending, 10 May 2017
Lorraine Dearden and Christine Farquharson, Free school meals for all primary pupils: Projections from a pilot, 9 May 2017
Luke Sibieta, Election battleground in the playground?, 26 April 2017
Chris Belfield and Luke Sibieta, The short- and long-run impact of the national funding formula for schools in England, 22 March 2017
Chris Belfield, Claire Crawford and Luke Sibieta, Long-run comparisons of spending per pupil across different stages of education, 27 February 2017
Neil Amin-Smith, Jonathan Cribb and Luke Sibieta, Reform to apprenticeship funding in England, IFS Green Budget 2017
Chris Belfield and Luke Sibieta, A comparison of manifesto proposals on school spending in England, 26 May 2017
Chris Belfield, Jack Britton, Laura van der Erve, Labour’s Higher Education proposals will cost £8bn per year, although increase the deficit by more. Graduates who earn most in future would benefit most, 11 May 2017
Luke Sibieta, Can grammar schools improve social mobility?, 12 September 2016
Paul Johnson, Extraordinary study proves richest children are in a class of their own, The Times, 17 April 2017