Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures he is taking to ensure that more resources are delegated to schools; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonMy right hon. and learned Friend is publishing today two draft circulars which will take forward our policies on local management of schools and on more open enrolment. My right hon. and learned Friend is determined to ensure that as much money as is reasonably possible is delegated to schools to manage themselves, and that parents are given the widest possible choice of school at primary as well as at secondary level. Copies of the two circulars are today being placed in the Library of the House.
The draft circular on local management of schools will require LEAs, before 1 April 1993, to hand over to schools 325W at least 85 per cent. of the potential schools budget, and to determine 80 per cent. of school budgets on the basis of pupil numbers. The draft circular will also require, by 1 April 1994, the extension of delegated management to all small schools and to those special schools that are able and want to manage their own budgets.
The two tables show, where the information has been provided, how each LEA currently performs against these criteria.
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1990–91 budgets: percentage of potential schools budget delegated to schools LEA3 Percentage of PSB1 delegated to schools Total2 dis-cretionary exceptions as percentage of PSB Central administration as percentage of PSB 1. Bolton 89.10 10.90 2.02 2. Berkshire 87.68 12.32 2.71 3. West Sussex 87.49 12.51 1.95 4. Sefton 87.44 12.56 4.45 5. Sunderland 86.86 13.14 3.10 6. Gloucestershire 86.78 13.22 3.65 7. Northumberland 86.54 13.46 3.10 8. Rotherham 86.13 13.87 3.74 9. Leeds 86.12 13.88 3.87 10. Bradford 86.04 13.96 3.87 II. Hampshire 85.78 14.22 3.34 12. Rochdale 85.74 14.26 2.55 13. Walsall 85.72 14.28 3.37 14. Suffolk 85.66 14.34 2.75 15. Surrey 85.57 14.43 6.17 16. Doncaster 85.45 14.55 2.29 17. Solihull 85.31 14.69 2.49 18. Warwickshire 85.24 14.76 3.90 19. Lincolnshire 85.13 14.87 2.68 20. Liverpool 84.91 15.09 4.07 21. Buckinghamshire 84.88 15.12 4.58 22. Kent 84.87 15.13 3.79 23. Northamptonshire 84.74 15.26 3.69 24. Staffordshire 84.61 15.39 4.51 25. Shropshire 84.60 15.40 2.48 26. Tameside 84.40 15.60 2.47 27. Trafford 84.38 15.62 3.49 28. Salford 84.37 15.63 3.19 29. Barnet 84.36 15.64 5.07 30. Cheshire 84.31 15.69 5.15 31. East Sussex 84.09 15.91 2.42 32. Essex 84.03 15.97 4.11 33. Bedfordshire 84.02 15.98 3.91 34. Dudley 83.98 16.02 3.62 35. Havering 83.87 16.13 2.28 36. South Tyneside 83.76 16.24 4.20 37. Brent 83.63 16.37 4.82 38. Cleveland 83.63 16.37 5.56 39. Norfolk 83.62 16.38 4.05 40. Cornwall 83.57 16.43 3.72 41. Sutton 83.44 16.56 4.05 42. Barnsley 83.38 16.62 2.86 43. Kirklees 83.38 16.62 3.98 44. Derbyshire 83.37 16.63 2.96 45. Gateshead 83.29 16.71 3.01 46. Wigan 83.28 16.72 3.70 47. St. Helens 83.27 16.73 3.69 48. Sandwell 83.24 16.76 3.75 49. Durham 83.13 16.87 4.35 50. Devon 83.11 16.89 3.06 51. Birmingham 83.04 16.96 4.36 52. Somerset 82.91 17.09 3.58 53. Wakefield 82.87 17.13 2.98 54. Nottinghamshire 82.72 17.28 5.24 55. Redbridge 82.71 17.29 4.91 56. Lancashire 82.66 17.34 3.65 57. North Yorkshire 82.62 17.38 4.15 58. Sheffield 82.61 17.39 3.49 59. Cumbria 82.53 17.47 4.04 60. Isle of Wight 82.48 17.52 4.68 61. Wiltshire 82.35 17.65 3.92 62. North Tyneside 82.30 17.70 5.03 The draft circular on more open enrolment sets out our plans to extend that policy to all primary schools for intakes from autumn 1992. This will ensure that schools may not turn away any pupils while they have the space to take them, and so remove artificial limits on parental choice.
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LEA2 Percentage of PSB1 delegated to schools Total2 dis-cretionary exceptions as percentage of PSB Central administration as percentage of PSB 63. Avon 82.30 17.70 3.40 64. Bury 81.92 18.08 4.70 65. Knowsley 81.91 18.09 5.07 66. Calderdale 81.86 18.14 4.84 67. Dorset 81.85 18.15 4.71 68. Wolverhampton 81.77 18.23 5.26 69. Humberside 81.71 18.29 3.57 70. Ealing 81.66 18.34 6.33 71. Oldham 81.64 18.36 4.98 72. Hounslow 81.59 18.41 5.19 73. Harrow 81.52 18.48 5.76 74. Enfield 81.50 18.50 5.56 75. Oxfordshire 81.37 18.63 5.46 76. Bexley 81.33 18.67 4.61 77. Coventry 80.93 19.07 6.00 78. Cambridgeshire 80.75 19.25 4.82 79. Bromley 80.70 19.30 4.49 80. Richmond 79.98 20.02 6.91 81. Merton 79.79 20.21 7.86 82. Newcastle 79.75 20.25 6.12 83. Haringey 79.36 20.64 6.04 84. Kingston 78.46 21.54 7.09 85. Barking 77.98 22.02 8.91 86. Westminster 77.97 22.03 8.20 AVERAGE 83.75 16.25 5.26 1 PSB = General Schools Budget minus mandatory exceptions, school meals, home to school transport and transitional exceptions. 2 Column 2 is the percentage of PSB not delegated to schools ie 100 per cent. minus Column 1. Note: All 87 LEAs which introduced LMS in April 1990 were required to publish budget statements for 1990–91 under Section 42 of ERA. The table gives figures for 86 LEAs, Waltham Forest has not yet published its budget statement.
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1990–91 budgets: percentage of the aggregated schools budget1 allocated on the basis of pupil numbers and ages LEA2 Percentage 1. Redbridge 89.30 2. Lincolnshire 87.27 3. South Tyneside 86.93 4. Barking 86.73 5. Bolton 85.73 6. Dudley 85.72 7. Tameside 85.57 8. North Yorkshire 85.51 9. Northumberland 85.49 10. Bromley 84.99 11. Oldham 84.77 12. Bexley 84.40 13. Gateshead 84.36 14. Wigan 84.35 15. Westminster 84.20 16. Staffordshire 84.00 17. Harrow 83.83 18. Kent 83.72 19. Coventry 83.52 20. Sefton 83.33 21. Trafford 83.28 22. Gloucestershire 83.22 23. Barnsley 82.80 24. Devon 82.64 25. Suffolk 82.57 26. Cambridgeshire 82.34 27. Avon 82.30 28. Solihull 82.29 29. Northamptonshire 82.19 30. Calderdale 82.17 31. West Sussex 82.13 32. Humberside 81.97 33. Rotherham 81.79 34. Salford 81.69 35. Isle of Wight 81.62 36. Bury 81.45 37. Cleveland 81.43 38. Hounslow 81.42 329W
LEA2 Percentage 39. Wiltshire 81.00 40. Cornwall 80.93 41. Sunderland 80.69 42. Newcastle 80.66 43. Ealing 80.62 44. Durham 80.40 45. Sutton 80.29 46. Somerset 79.99 47. Warwickshire 79.89 48. Buckinghamshire 79.73 49. Berkshire 79.68 50. Enfield 79.21 51. Dorset 79.03 52. Leeds 78.90 53. Birmingham 78.63 54. Bradford 78.51 55. Merton 78.36 56. Haringey 78.25 57. Walsall 78.19 58. Kirklees 78.17 59. North Tyneside 78.00 60. Shropshire 77.91 61. Brent 77.81 62. Cheshire 77.78 63. East Sussex 77.41 64. Richmond 77.26 65. Sheffield 77.19 66. Essex 77.05 67. Bedfordshire 77.00 68. Kingston 76.84 69. Hampshire 76.63 70. Derbyshire 76.04 71. Norfolk 75.99 72. Cumbria 75.62 73. Oxfordshire 75.61 74. Doncaster 75.38 75. Havering 75.36 76. Wakefield 75.29 77. Barnet 75.19 78. Liverpool 75.00
LEA2 Percentage 79. Rochdale 75.00 80. St. Helens 75.00 81. Knowsley 75.00 82. Wolverhampton 75.00 83. Sandwell 74.94 84. Surrey 74.91 1 ASB = Aggregated Schools Budget; the amount planned to be allocated through the LMS formula. 2 The budget statements produced by Lancashire and Nottingham LEAs did not contain the relevant information. Waltham Forest has not yet published its budget statement.