HC Deb 12 June 1986 vol 99 cc253-7W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Paymaster General if he will give the numbers employed in the careers advisory service and

Manpower Services Commission training division area Relaled† LEA careers service(s) Total careers service staff in post* Expenditure by local authorities on the careers service financed from central government grants, rates and balances
1979–80 1984–85
1 October 1979 1 October 1984 October 1985 Actual expenditure Expenditure at 1986 prices Actual expenditure Expenditure at 1986 prices
£000 £000 £000 £000
Cleveland Cleveland 80.0 117.0 110.0 564 907 1,154 1,212
Durham County Durham 71.0 85.0 88.0 444 714 995 1,045
Newcastle North Tyneside 29.0 42.0 42.0 182 293 390 409
Newcastle 60.0 69.0 72.0 364 585 696 731
Northumberland 36.0 48.5 50.5 235 378 437 459
South Tyne Gateshead 32.0 42.0 44.0 208 334 472 497
South Tyne 29.0 36.0 35.0 167 268 337 354
Sunderland 51.0 68.0 62.0 338 543 690 724
Bradford/Calderdale/Kirkless Bradford 70.5 85.0 89.0 466 749 874 918
Calderdale 15.0 21.5 24.5 107 172 232 244
Kirkless 38.0 47.0 47.0 190 305 991 1,041
Humberside Humberside 91.0 137.0 141.0 657 1,056 1,519 1,595
Leeds/North Yorkshire Leeds 75.0 87.0 86.0 55.0 884 991 1,041
North Yorkshire 64.0 80.0 80.8 417 670 821 862
Sheffield/Rotherham Sheffield 80.0 104.0 108.0 553 889 1,217 1,278
Rotherham 32.0 37.0 37.0 228 367 411 432
Wakefield/Barnsley/Doncaster Barnsley 29.0 33.5 33.5 182 293 350 367
Doncaster 49.0 44.0 49.0 333 535 497 522
Wakefield 39.0 40.0 46.0 231 371 405 425
Cheshire Cheshire 102.0 122.0 121.0 627 1,008 1,139 1,196
Cumbria Cumbria 46.5 59.5 59.0 298 479 617 648
Greater Manchester Salford 22.0 35.0 35.0 126 203 338 355
Central Trafford 23.0 26.0 27.0 156 251 285 299
Manchester 64.0 81.0 82.5 507 815 789 828
Greater Manchester Stockport 25.0 28.5 28.0 142 228 224 235
East Tameside 26.0 30.75 37.5 127 204 258 271
Oldham 18.0 23.0 24.0 142 228 260 273
Greater Manchester Bolton 25.0 32.0 33.0 119 191 274 288
North Bury 20.0 27.5 25.5 115 185 256 269
Rochdale 22.0 28.0 35.0 136 219 289 303
Wigan 29.5 43.0 42.0 174 280 454 477
Merseyside Inner Liverpool 78.0 105.0 96.0 519 834 1,031 1,082
Sefton 39.0 50.0 45.0 241 387 461 484
Merseyside Outer Knowsley 35.0 48.0 48.0 199 320 426 447
St. Helens 24.0 31.0 29.0 148 238 281 295
Wirral 36.0 49.0 45.0 177 285 509 534
Birmingham Birmingham 152.0 150.0 155.0 1,077 1,732 2,019 2,112
Solihull 21.5 35.0 34.0 146 235 423 444
Derby Derbyshire 86.0 112.0 114.0 486 781 1,109 1,164
Dudley/Sandwell Dudley 17.5 33.5 32.5 86 138 309 324
Sandwell 38.0 54.0 54.0 219 352 702 737
Leicestershire Leicestershire 81.5 105.0 105.5 472 759 1,029 1,080
Northamptonshire 47.0 62.0 64.0 268 431 592 621
Lincoln Lincolnshire 53.5 67.25 67.25 360 579 644 676
Nottingham Nottinghamshire 108.5 141.0 139.5 663 1,018 1,403 1,473

the cost of the service in actual terms and at 1986 prices by Manpower Services Commission areas for 1979–80, 1984–85 and 1985–86, respectively.

Mr. Trippier

Available information for 1979–80 and 1984–85 is set out in the table. There is no comparable information for 1985–86 as expenditure returns from local authorities are not yet available.

Manpower Services Commission training division area Related†LEA careers service(s) Total careers service staff in post* Expenditure by local authorities on the careers service financed from central government grants, rates and balances
1979–80 1984–85
1 October 1979 1 October 1984 1 October 1985 Actual expenditure £000 Expenditure at 1986 prices £000 Actual expenditure £000 Expenditure at 1986 prices £000
Staffordshire Staffordshire 105.5 131.0 136.0 628 1,010 1,340 1,407
Telford/Shropshire/ Shropshire 45.0 59.0 58.5 291 468 628 659
Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester 72.5 82.0 82.8 419 674 901 946
Coventry Coventry 57.0 89.5 88.5 436 701 968 1,016
Warwickshire 52.0 72.5 74.0 352 566 784 823
Wolverhampton/Walsall Walsall 32.0 49.0 49.0 206 331 463 486
Wolverhampton 42.0 57.5 59.5 282 453 547 574
Avon Avon 99.5 107.5 108.5 607 976 1,298 1,363
Devon and Cornwall Dcvon 98.5 110.75 107.7 604 971 1,229 1,290
Cornwall 40.0 46.5 44.5 270 434 483 507
Gloucester and Wilts Gloucestershire 50.0 60.5 61.6 305 490 654 687
Wiltshire 54.0 66.0 66.0 320 515 620 651
Taunton/Somerset/Dorset Dorset 58.5 66.5 63.0 330 531 683 717
Somerset 44.5 57.5 58.5 313 503 704 739
Chatham Kent 145.75 169.0 165.0 1,063 1,709 1,463 1,536
Chelmsford Essex 119.0 136.0 140.0 764 1,228 1,715 1,801
Fareham Hampshire 154.5 207.5 208.5 997 1,603 2,124 2,230
Isle of Wight 12.0 16.0 17.0 72 116 146 153
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire 47.5 59.0 61.0 295 474 641 673
Hertfordshire 104.5 116.5 117.0 651 1,047 901 946
Horsham East Sussex 63.0 55.0 66.4 444 714 742 779
West Sussex 39.0 48.0 47.5 256 412 535 562
Surrey 96.5 111.5 105.5 761 1,224 1,321 1,387
Ipswich Norfolk 48.5 59.5 60.5 316 508 679 713
Suffolk 51.0 73.0 70.0 280 450 672 706
Luton Bedfordshire 61.0 70.0 66.0 365 587 665 698
Cambridgeshire 60.5 64.0 70.0 352 566 733 770
Reading Berkshire 71.0 96.0 89.5 409 658 932 979
Oxfordshire 49.0 56.5 54.6 312 502 579 608
London North East Redbridge 24.0 24.75 26.8 204 328 299 314
Barking and Dagenham 19.0 22.0 19.0 143 230 263 276
Newham 31.0 39.0 35.0 214 344 421 442
Waltham Forest 22.5 33.0 34.5 164 264 392 411
Havering 33.5 34.0 39.0 241 387 409 429
London South East Bexley 19.5 25.5 21.0 125 201 330 346
Bromley 24.0 22.5 21.5 166 267 283 297
Croydon 28.0 30.5 31.5 217 349 354 371
London South and West Hillingdon 26.5 31.0 26.0 185 297 314 329
Hounslow 22.0 26.5 24.0 174 280 328 344
Ealing 32.0 42.0 39.0 233 375 470 493
Kingston 10.0 15.0 15.0 75 121 155 163
Merton 12.0 12.5 13.5 98 158 153 161
Richmond 15.0 11.25 10.0 94 151 228 239
Sutton 11.0 13.0 14.0 76 122 148 155
London North Harrow 27.0 26.0 26.0 185 297 406 426
Barnet 21.0 22.0 20.0 172 277 274 288
Brent 34.0 43.0 44.5 264 424 670 703
Enfield 19.0 24.0 27.0 141 227 310 325
Haringey 32.0 38.0 32.5 303 487 547 574
ILEA (Boroughs) Camden Westminster 366.5 508.5 518.0 3,170 5,097 6,725 7,062
London North East Islington Tower Hamlets Hackney

Manpower Services Commission training division area Related† LEA careers service(s) Total careers service staff in post* Expenditure by local authorities on the careers service financed from central government grants, rates and balances
1979–80 1984–85
1 October 1979 1 October 1984 1 October 1985 Actual expenditure £000 Expenditure at 1986 prices £000 Actual expenditure £000 Expenditure at 1986 prices £000
London South East Lambeth
Southwark
Lewisham
Greenwich
London South and West Hammersmith
Kensington
Wandsworth
Chelsea
England ‡5,155 ‡6,412 ‡6,433 33,490 53,851 68,229 71,640
* Staffing figures include those in posts directly funded by the Department of Employment under the Careers Service Strengthening Scheme.
† The areas covered by the local education authorities responsible for careers services are not precisely aligned in every case with the boundaries of the MSC's training division areas.
‡Rounded.