§ Mr. HindTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money was available to Liverpool local authorities in education support grants in each of the last three years, and how much of the funding was taken up by Liverpool city council in each of those years.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe amounts of grant allocated to the local education authorities in the Liverpool area under the education support grants programmes for the last three years were as follows:
£000 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Knowsley 373.7 541.0 1,031.8 Liverpool 679.4 941.5 855.3 St. Helens 321.0 455.6 659.7 Sefton 154.6 456.5 519.8 Wirral 445.5 521.6 630.3 The amount of grant claimed by Liverpool LEA in 1987–88 was £655,300 and in 1988–89 £896,300, representing a take-up of 96 per cent. and 95 per cent. 850W respectively of the LEA's approved allocations in those years. Figures for 1989–90 are not yet available, since a final claim for the last quarter of the financial year has not yet been submitted.