§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out in the Official Report the 1985–86 prescribed capital expenditure under section 72 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 for equipment for teaching and research in advanced further 476W education for each local education authority in England expressed as a percentage of the 1985–86 national advisory body target student for each such local education authority.
§ Mr. BrookeMy right hon. Friend announced on 10 January at column 526 that the allocations to local education authorities in England for prescribed capital expenditure in 1985–86 provided for authorities' bids for equipment related to teaching and research within further and higher education to be met in full. The following table shows for every local education authority whose bid distinguished advanced further education, the allocation for equipment for teaching and research in AFE, the national advisory body's target student numbers for 1985–86 (expressed in full-time equivalent terms), and hence the allocation per student. No attempt has been made to weight the student numbers to take account of the relatively high cost of equipment in scientific disciplines.
Authority Equipment allocation £000s
Target student numbers Allocation per student £
Barking 600 5,614 107 Barnet 1,145 6,958 165 Ealing 640 3,014 212 Hounslow 12 1,326 9 Kingston-upon-Thames 240 5,849 41 Inner London 1,750 31,868 55 Coventry 1,021 6,357 161 Sandwell 22 952 23 Walsall 40 820 49 Wolverhampton 1,220 5,666 215 Liverpool 1,490 8,621 173 Bolton 95 2,024 47 Manchester 1,240 12,055 103 Salford 255 1,680 152 Sheffield 1,250 9,136 137 Kirklees 950 5,116 186 Leeds 798 7,148 112 Wakefield 50 1,069 47 Newcastle upon Tyne 430 7,765 55 South Tyneside 163 623 262 Sunderland 416 4,362 95 Avon 525 8,356 63 Berkshire 157 3,575 44 Cleveland 840 4,122 204 Cumbria 20 922 22 Derbyshire 100 2,219 45 Devon 1,159 7,114 163 Dorset 600 2,758 217 East Sussex 975 5,913 165 Essex 10 3,725 3 Hampshire 323 10,860 30 Hereford and Worcester 20 1,688 12 Hertfordshire 1,563 6,211 252 Humberside 210 3,452 61 Lancashire 910 7,867 116 Leicestershire 350 7,402 47 Nottinghamshire 609 8,351 73 Oxfordshire 1,036 4,796 216 Staffordshire 720 5,529 13