HC Deb 26 July 1990 vol 177 cc458-60W
Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the section 42 results, under the Education Reform Act 1988, for Nottinghamshire and all other education authorities in England.

Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest on 10 July,Official Report, column 185, he will list the dates on which section 42 notices were published by local education authorities in England, and indicate for each London education authority the controlling political party.

Mr. Jopling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, for each English education authority in ascending order, the percentage of their general schools budget taken up by their aggregated schools budget.

Mr. Fallon

[holding answer 23 July 1990]: Local education authorities with approved schemes for local management of schools were required to publish 1990–91 budget statements under section 42 of the Education Reform Act by 30 April 1990.

The following information has been extracted from the copies of those statements sent to the Department by local education authorities between 11 April and 21 July 1990.

LEA Limited discretionary exceptions percentage of GSB Unlimited discretionary exceptions percentage of GSB Mandatory exceptions percentage of GSB ASB percentage of GSB
Humberside 10.00 12.16 9.60 68.23
Sandwell 10.00 9.09 13.04 67.87
Derbyshire 10.00 14.36 9.41 66.23
Bexley (C) 9.99 9.56 14.57 65.88
Dorset 9.92 9.95 12.39 67.74
Oldham 9.90 12.82 11.66 65.62
North Tyneside 9.82 12.35 8.17 69.65
Wakefield 9.81 12.97 10.30 66.92
Havering (NOC) 9.79 6.17 13.45 70.59
Kingston (NOC) 9.76 11.44 15.52 63.27
Lancashire 9.74 10.28 13.29 66.69
Norfolk 9.72 9.98 7.22 73.08
Ealing (C) 9.70 11.00 6.02 73.27
Knowsley 9.69 10.69 8.15 71.47
Gateshead 9.67 10.63 13.26 66.44
Isle of Wight 9.63 12.09 11.32 66.96
Bromley (C) 9.61 11.31 12.35 66.72
Newcastle 9.58 15.72 10.48 64.21
Harrow (C) 9.52 9.65 11.53 69.30
Wolverhampton 9.48 12.98 12.21 65.33
Essex 9.45 8.46 9.66 72.43
Barking (L) 9.36 16.18 9.32 65.13
Shropshire 9.36 10.22 10.20 70.22
Devon 9.31 11.85 16.44 62.41
Northamptonshire 9.24 7.48 11.06 72.22
Hounslow (L) 9.21 12.54 17.16 61.09
Cambridgeshire 9.20 12.22 18.98 59.61
Kirklees 9.17 13.77 11.65 65.42
Doncaster 9.06 13.35 5.12 72.46
Tameside 9.00 11.01 10.57 69.42
Solihull 8.98 9.36 11.72 69.94
Dudley 8.93 9.47 13.31 68.28
Westminster (C) 8.88 13.07 15.88 62.17
Bury 8.88 13.03 8.98 69.11
Lincolnshire 8.86 7.33 13.14 70.67
Birmingham 8.85 11.98 12.29 66.88
Sutton (L/D) 8.59 8.59 20.13 62.69
Cleveland 8.54 12.13 8.12 71.22
Haringey (L) 8.40 18.88 14.97 57.76
Redbridge (C) 8.34 9.17 15.04 67.44
Coventry 8.31 13.01 20.93 57.74
Staffordshire 8.14 12.90 10.35 68.61
Walsall 7.99 8.95 13.54 69.51
Suffolk 7.93 7.62 15.10 69.35
West Sussex 7.91 8.45 12.35 71.29
Enfield (C) 7.89 8.61 28.37 55.13
Merton (L) 7.86 11.03 23.14 57.97
Cumbria 7.84 17.46 12.15 62.55
Cheshire 7.81 12.62 8.95 70.62
Buckinghamshire 7.74 10.04 14.12 68.10
Brent (NOC) 7.57 10.36 15.76 66.32
Barnet (C) 7.55 11.87 12.69 67.89
Warwickshire 7.46 12.55 11.19 68.80
Sunderland 7.21 11.39 9.87 71.53
South Tyneside 7.14 14.52 17.40 60.93
Berkshire 7.10 8.07 13.23 71.59
Trafford 6.94 9.57 27.49 56.01
Leeds 6.73 9.92 13.48 69.87
Bolton 6.39 11.65 10.42 71.53
Surrey 5.92 13.42 11.68 68.98
Sefton 5.85 9.59 9.18 75.38
Gloucestershire 5.80 13.67 10.28 70.25

(Key: ASB = Aggregated Schools Budget

GSB = General Schools Budget)

The following local education authorities with approved schemes have not yet sent copies of their budget statements to the Department;

Avon, Barnsley, Befordshire, Bradford, Calderdale, Cornwall, Durham, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Liverpool, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Richmond (L/D), Rochdale, Rotherham, Salford, Sheffield, Somerset, St. Helens, Waltham Forest (L), Wigan and Wiltshire.

As requested by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest, the controlling political party for each London education authority is indicated (C=Conservative, L=Labour, L/D=Liberal Democrate, NOC=No overall control).

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