HC Deb 15 November 1990 vol 180 cc185-6W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each local education authority and for both the standard spending assessment element of(a) other education and (b) under-fives education the changes in these elements in both total sums and percentage caused by reducing the additional educational needs index from 70 to 50 per cent.;

(2) if he will list for each local education authority the results of changing the proportion of the standard spending assessment elements for (a)other education standard spending assessment and (b)under-fives standard spending assessment that are distributed on the basis of the additional educational needs index.

Mr. Key

I have today placed in the Library a table showing the effect on the provisional 1991–92 standard spending assessments for other education and for the under-fives of the proposed reduction in the proportion of these elements to be distributed on the basis of the additional educational needs (A EN) index from 70 per cent. to 50 per cent. The table shows the effects of the change in £s million and percentage terms for each local education authortity in England.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the total standard spending assessment for education for each local education authority, (b) the standard spending assessment element for under-fives for each local education authority, (c) the standard spending assessment element for primary education for each local education authority, (d) the standard spending assessment element for secondary education for each local education authority, (e) the standard spending assessment element for post-16 education for each local education authority and (f) the standard spending assessment element for other education for each local education authority.

Mr. Key

I have today placed in the Library a table showing the information required.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State far the Environment if he will list(a) for each local education authority the adjustments to the indicator of student numbers within the post-16 education standard spending assessment in those areas expected to participate in the training credits pilot scheme for each local education authority involved and (b) the exemplification of changes in standard spending assessment for the post-16 education standard spending assessment for each local education authority involved.

Mr. Key

The figures requested are shown in the table:

Authority (a) (b)
Reduction in student numbers Reduction in post 16 education SSA element
(£ million)
Bexley 67 0.246
Bromley 36 0.134
Croydon 51 0.202
Birmingham 110 0.426
Bradford 109 0.403
Cheshire 97 0.322
Cornwall 160 0.559
Devon 297 1.017
Hertfordshire 230 0.820
Kent 123 0.433
Northumberland 77 0.260
Suffolk 178 0.602
Isles of Scilly 1 2
1 Less than 1.
2 Less than £1,000.