HC Deb 20 February 1987 vol 110 cc833-6W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils remained in education after (a) 16 years, and (b) 17 years, but under 19 years, in each local education authority in England at the latest date for which figures are available; and what was the amount granted in discretionary awards by each local education authority in that year.

Mrs. Rumbold

The table provides expenditure figures on lesser value discretionary awards, but does not include expenditure in support of school pupils. Expenditure information is not collected by students' age, but practically all lesser value award holders will fall within the 16–18 age group. The student numbers are given for 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education at school and in non-advanced further education. Figures for 17 and 18-year-olds together are not readily available.

minimum grant, respectively, for each year since 1978–79 to the latest date for which figures are available, expressing these figures both in actual (absolute), and percentage terms.

Mr. Walden

The information is as follows:

Expenditure on lesser value discretionary awards and full-time student numbers by LEA: 1984–85
Academic year 1984–85
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards (£'000) Persons in full-time education (schools and FE1)
16 year olds (thousands) 17 year olds (thousands)
Barking 114.5 0.7 0.4
Barnet 21.7 2.4 1.8
Bexley 34.8 1.6 1.1
Brent 0.0 1.8 1.4
Bromley 26.4 2.0 1.3
Croydon 169.7 2.0 1.3
Ealing 224.7 1.8 1.3
Enfield 165.0 1.9 1.3
Haringey 201.8 1.3 0.9
Harrow 15.9 1.6 1.1
Havering 187.5 1.6 1.0
Hillingdon 30.1 1.4 0.9
Hounslow 0.0 1.5 0.9
Kingston upon Thames 19.6 0.9 0.6
Merton 44.1 1.2 0.8
Newham 192.0 1.5 0.9
Redbridge 18.5 1.5 1.0
Richmond upon Thames 31.9 0.8 0.6
Sutton 64.5 1.3 0.9
Waltham Forest 193.0 1.4 0.9
Inner London 1,440.6 12.8 8.0
Birmingham 95.7 7.0 4.3
Coventry 172.1 2.1 1.5
Dudley 182.5 2.1 1.4
Sandwell 61.9 1.7 1.2
Solihull 3.2 1.6 1.3
Walsall 280.2 1.8 1.3
Academic year 1984–85
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards (£'000) Persons in full-time education (schools and FE1)
16 year olds (thousands) 17 year olds (thousands)
Wolverhampton 2.4 1.7 1.1
Knowsley 955.9 1.0 0.6
Liverpool 1,218.2 3.2 2.1
St. Helens 236.1 1.3 0.9
Sefton 13.7 2.5 1.6
Wirral 181.8 2.3 1.7
Bolton 387.5 1.7 1.3
Bury 236.8 1.3 0.8
Manchester 516.9 2.7 2.0
Oldham 197.4 1.1 0.7
Rochdale 124.3 1.2 0.9
Salford 252.6 1.4 0.9
Stockport 249.7 2.0 1.5
Tameside 94.9 1.3 0.9
Trafford 159.2 1.4 01.2
Wigan 326.3 2.3 1.5
Barnsley 156.7 1.3 0.8
Doncaster 80.9 1.7 1.2
Rotherham 233.4 1.6 1.0
Sheffield 796.5 3.5 2.2
Bradford 107.9 2.7 1.8
Calderdale 50.3 1.2 0.9
Kirklees 443.1 2.7 1.8
Leeds 647.7 4.5 2.8
Wakefield 205.9 2.0 1.1
Gateshead 109.4 1.2 0.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 174.6 1.5 0.9
North Tyneside 283.2 1.3 7.7
South Tyneside 187.5 0.8 0.5
Sunderland 48.7 1.6 1.1
Isles of Scilly 24.0 0.0 0.0
Avon 726.2 5.7 3.9
Bedfordshire 119.5 3.5 2.4
Berkshire 185.1 5.3 3.4
Buckinghamshire 116.0 4.5 3.4
Cambridgeshire 2.4 3.9 2.6
Cheshire 0.8 6.9 5.0
Cleveland 297.6 4.1 2.7
Cornwall 488.6 3.2 2.2
Cumbria 584.5 3.1 1.9
Derbyshire 1,547.3 5.9 4.1
Devon 305.6 60 4.2
Dorset 250.2 3.6 2.5
Durham 331.2 3.4 2.2
East Sussex 1,004.8 4.1 2.9
Essex 2,092.3 9.8 6.4
Gloucestershire 556.4 3.2 2.3
Hampshire 709.3 10.4 7.1
Hereford and Worcester 52.9 4.2 3.1
Hertfordshire 625.4 7.9 5.6
Humberside 768.3 5.5 3.4
Isle of Wight 50.9 0.8 0.6
Kent 1,208.7 10.9 7.4
Lancashire 1,709.4 8.3 6.2
Leicestershire 284.2 6.2 4.2
Lincolnshire 165.8 3.6 2.6
Norfolk 649.9 4.2 2.7
North Yorkshire 827.2 4.9 3.6
Northamptonshire 45.6 3.6 2.4
Northumberland 444.0 20 1.2
Nottinghamshire 341.2 5.7 4.1
Oxfordshire 0.0 3.9 2.5
Salop 79.9 2.7 2.0
Somerset 298.9 2.9 1.8
Staffordshire 240.9 6.6 4.6
Suffolk 75.4 3.4 2.1
Surrey 133.0 7.3 5.2
Academic year 1984–85
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards (£'000) Persons in full-time education (schools and FE1)
16 year olds (thousands) 17 year olds (thousands)
Warwickshire 59.2 3.6 2.6
West Sussex 59.7 4.8 3.3
Wiltshire 238.6 3.6 2.4
1 Including some sandwich students.