HC Deb 22 February 1990 vol 167 cc864-5W
Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table to show such information as he has to hand from the schemes of local management of schools submitted for his approval by local education authorities to show the relative values of the general schools budget, the mandatory exceptions, the discretionary exceptions and the aggregate schools budget, on a comparable basis to that published by his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in his reply of 5 February to the hon. Member for Epping Forest,Official Report, column 451.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The following information has been taken from the local management of schools scheme submissions made by local education authorities to my right hon. Friend. The table gives the percentage figures requested; it is not possible to provide comparative cash figures because the information has been supplied using different price bases.

Local Education Authority Mandatory exceptions as percentage of general schools budget Total discretionary exceptions as percentage of general schools budget Aggregated schools budget as percentage of general schools budget
Clwyd 11.49 24.35 64.16
Dyfed 7.82 23.43 68.75
Gwent 10.13 21.91 67.96
Gwynedd 9.97 24.87 65.16
Mid Glamorgan 9.34 23.37 67.29
Powys 9.08 23.50 67.42
South Glamorgan 7.90 16.91 75.19
West Glamorgan 13.34 18.43 68.23