§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the criteria by which he
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Education capital expenditure 1986–87 Allocations for each local education authority £000s Local education authority Allocations of prescribed expenditure* Notional schools element† Allocations for expenditure by governors of aided and special agreement schools‡ Avon 4,070 2,986 193 Barking 1,135 471 — Barnet 1,621 472 400 Barnsley 577 572 — Bedfordshire 1,934 1,696 — Berkshire 5,399 4,918 265 Bexley 715 679 3 Birmingham 5,016 4,134 615 Bolton 576 392 575 Bradford 7,061 6,740 320 Brent 1,589 1,309 12 Bromley 1,747 1,679 — Buckinghamshire 5,582 5,378 423 Bury 882 331 3 Calderdale 1,203 1,164 3 Cambridgeshire 2,591 2,441 127 Cheshire 3,837 3,332 836 Cleveland 4,933 3,160 135 Cornwall 3,592 3,401 252 Coventry 5,396 3,199 22 Croydon 2,784 2,691 48 Cumbria 2,254 2,174 401 Derbyshire 7,202 6,330 190 Devon 8,418 7,453 132 Doncaster 338 223 50 Dorset 3,377 2,352 216 Dudley 2,012 1,520 724 Durham 2,231 1,387 425 Ealing 2,154 1,520 331 East Sussex 3,786 2,836 380 decides the amount of public funds made available to governors of aided and state-aided schools; and if he will make a statement as to the level of grant for expenditure by governors of aided and state-aided schools in Devon;
(2) what is the capital allocation for voluntary-aided schools in every local authority in England (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total money made available in England by way of capital allocation for education;
(3) what is the capital allocation for 1986–87 for wholly supported schools in the public sector in every local authority in England.
§ Mr. DunnThe information requested on allocations is set out in the table. The allocations made for expenditure at voluntary aided schools represent 8.7 per cent. of the total of capital allocations for education.
In allocating the resources available for capital expenditure by the governors of voluntary aided and special agreement schools on which he was prepared to pay grant in 1986–87, my right hon. Friend took into account governors' estimates of expenditure on projects already under way, the need for new or expanded aided schools in areas of population growth, the duty upon governors to implement statutory proposals which he had approved, and, to the extent that resources allowed, the need for work to make good the dilapidation of school buildings. The allocations which were set, including that for Devon education authority's area, reflect the extent to which governors' plans were in accord with my right hon. Friend's priorities.
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Local education authority Allocations of prescribed expenditure* Notional schools element† Allocations for expenditure by governors of aided and special agreement schools‡ Enfield 706 634 197 Essex 11,417 11,034 150 Gateshead 1,451 1,375 163 Gloucestershire 6,561 5,998 252 Hampshire 12,905 10,484 70 Haringey 797 783 323 Harrow 4,078 317 1 Havering 395 395 — Hereford and Worcester 1,929 1,727 1,399 Hertfordshire 4,677 3,357 46 Hillingdon 306 297 40 Hounslow 668 540 169 Humberside 7,524 6,740 1,818 Inner London 12,575 7,367 1,686 Isle of Wight 1,129 1,103 2 Isles of Scilly — — — Kent 6,405 5,152 496 Kingston 1,806 444 44 Kirklees 1,956 932 16 Knowsley 1,483 969 600 Lancashire 12,538 9,851 1,302 Leeds 2,634 1,616 90 Leicestershire 7,061 5,754 1,241 Lincolnshire 3,908 3,523 3 Liverpool 2,904 1,751 2,360 Manchester 6,501 4,535 2,250 Merton 1,203 782 170 Newcastle 2,586 830 191 Newham 1,271 1,235 47 Norfolk 4,394 4,182 89 Northamptonshire 4,339 3,250 505 North Tyneside 1,536 1,536 20 Northumberland 1,003 950 — North Yorkshire 2,504 2,281 273 Nottinghamshire 3,043 1,917 66 Oldham 1,428 1,111 16 Oxfordshire 2,055 938 470 Redbridge 1,149 1,015 28 Richmond 249 221 — Rochdale 2,163 2,028 — Rotherham 578 484 69 Salford 1,625 1,621 610 Sandwell 1,203 964 — Sefton 2,667 2,588 2 Sheffield 2,330 1,307 300 Shropshire 2,602 2,219 112 Solihull 1,295 1,242 — Somerset 2,014 1,792 22 South Tyneside 732 633 185 Staffordshire 9,313 6,775 181 St Helens 772 747 6 Stockport 1,453 1,131 447 Suffolk 5,866 5,731 163 Sunderland 1,928 900 — Surrey 3,610 3,064 10 Sutton 329 305 35 Tameside 306 306 35 Trafford 1,276 1,191 — Wakefield 1,990 1,837 120 Walsall 1,119 1,054 26 Waltham Forest 2,184 2,100 245 Warwickshire 1,236 1,145 19 West Sussex 2,157 1,978 334 Wigan 2,339 2,285 781 Wiltshire 1,983 1,781 29 Wirral 1,402 1,373 416 Wolverhampton 1,418 453 6 Totals 292,994 232,900 27,827 Notes to Table:
* Allocations of prescribed expenditure are made under section 72 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act, 1980 and are unhypothecated sums to cover all LEA capital expenditure.
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‡ This expenditure is not prescribed expenditure and is assisted by grant from the Department. The allocations shown are those announced on 18 December 1985 and are subject to variation in the course of the 1986–87 financial year. There is considerable variation between LEAs in the proportion of schools which are aided.