HC Deb 10 December 1991 vol 200 cc410-3W
11. Mr. Cran

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities have already delegated 85 per cent. of their funds to schools.

Mr. Fallon

Forty-one out of 97. This represents an update on the figures I gave in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Norris) on 14 October,Official Report columns 67–72. The revised figures are as follows:

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local education authority PSB delegated to schools PSB not delegated per pupil 1991–92 Central administration as proportion of PSB
(per cent.) (per cent.) (£) (per cent.) (per cent.)
30. Somerset 85.48 (82.91) 260 2.69 (3.58)
31. Calderdale 85.46 (81.86) 230 2.39 (4.84)
32. Lincolnshire 85.46 (85.13) 250 2.21 (2.68)
33. Rotherham 85.43 (86.13) 250 3.76 (3.74)
34. Cumbria 85.41 (82.53) 250 3.02 (4.04)
35. East Sussex 85.37 (84.09) 240 2.20 (2.42)
36. Bury 85.31 (81.92) 250 2.00 (4.70)
37. Barking 85.20 (87.01) 270 3.27 (3.34)
38. Dorset 85.16 (81.85) 240 3.72 (4.71)
39. Sutton 85.15 (83.44) 260 3.84 (4.05)
40. Havering 85.09 (83.87) 280 1.93 (2.28)
41. Essex 85.08 (84.03) 250 3.52 (4.11)
See footnote 2
42. Kirklees 84.96 (83.38) 250 3.65 (3.98)
43. Bromley 84.88 (80.70) 290 5.70 (4.49)
44. Westminster 84.88 (77.96) 370 5.59 (8.20)
45. Merton 84.86 (79.79) 300 3.33 (7.86)
46. Staffordshire 84.84 (84.61) 250 4.10 (4.51)
47. Enfield 84.68 (81.50) 290 3.69 (5.56)
48. Oxfordshire 84.68 (81.37) 290 2.85 (5.46)
49. Surrey 84.61 (85.57) 270 4.85 (6.17)
50. Humberside 84.60 (81.71) 270 3.01 (3.57)
51. North Tyneside 84.55 (82.30) 270 3.99 (5.03)
52. St. Helens 84.53 (83.27) 260 3.65 (3.69)
53. Gloucestershire 84.47 (86.78) 240 3.37 (3.65)
54. Dudley 84.47 (83.98) 260 3.64 (3.62)
55. Norfolk 84.37 (83.62) 270 3.35 (4.05)
56. Kingston 84.35 (78.46) 310 4.11 (7.09)
57. Wakefield 84.28 (82.27) 260 1.49 (2.98)
58. Leicestershire 84.28 (—) 280 2.89 (—)
59. North Yorkshire 84.16 (82.62) 270 2.37 (4.15)
60. Doncaster 84.00 (85.45) 280 2.29 (2.29)
61. Hereford/Worcester 83.99 (—) 270 3.18 (—)
62. Derbyshire 83.97 (83.37) 270 3.04 (2.96)
63. Nottinghamshire 83.96 (82.72) 270 3.41 (5.24)
64. Cornwall 83.95 (83.57) 240 3.52 (3.72)
65. Trafford 83.94 (84.38) 250 3.68 (3.49)
66. Gateshead 83.92 (83.29) 280 2.99 (3.01)
67. Hillingdon 83.91 (—) 290 6.17 (—)
68. Tameside 83.80 (84.40) 270 2.16 (2.47)
69. Haringey 83.77 (79.36) 350 4.78 (6.04)
70. Isle of Wight 83.75 (82.48) 280 1.92 (4.68)
71. Barnet 83.68 (84.36) 310 4.96 (5.07)
72. Brent 83.51 (83.63) 360 4.26 (4.82)
73. Birmingham 83.41 (83.04) 280 3.85 (4.36)
74. Cleveland 83.37 (83.63) 280 4.64 (5.56)
75. Bedfordshire 83.29 (84.02) 300 3.66 (3.91)
76. Wiltshire 83.26 (82.35) 280 3.18 (3.92)
77. Hounslow 83.26 (81.59) 330 4.46 (5.19)
78. Knowsley 83.24 (81.91) 300 4.99 (5.07)
79. Isles of Scilly 83.17 (—) 550 6.41 (—)
80. Oldham 83.14 (81.64) 280 4.53 (4.98)
81. Redbridge 83.13 (82.71) 280 5.10 (4.91)
82. Wigan 83.03 (83.28) 300 4.18 (3.70)
83. Ealing 82.92 (81.66) 340 5.86 (6.33)
84. Liverpool 82.92 (84.91) 320 4.65 (4.07)
85. Avon 82.78 (82.30) 300 3.87 (3.40)
86. Coventry 82.76 (80.93) 300 4.37 (6.00)
87. Sandwell 82.74 (83.24) 320 4.51 (3.75)
88. Lancashire 82.74 (82.66) 300 3.46 (3.65)
89. Richmond 82.58 (79.98) 330 4.82 (6.91)
90. Harrow 82.45 (81.52) 320 5.05 (5.76)
91. Newcastle 82.38 (79.76) 320 5.09 (6.12)
92. Durham 82.16 (83.13) 310 4.79 (4.35)
93. Wolverhampton 81.55 (81.77) 350 5.33 (5.26)
94. Bexley 81.32 (81.33) 330 5.06 (4.61)
95. Croydon 81.00 (—) 380 4.15 (—)
96. Waltham Forest 80.22 (79.65) 400 6.60 (7.02)
97. Newham 79.46 (—) 450 5.94 (—)
National averages 84.89 (83.76) 260 3.44 (4.06)

Footnotes to table showing the extent of delegation.

1. 97 local education authorities (LEAs) currently have LMS schemes in operation, and are required to publish budget statements under section 42 of the Education Reform Act. The LEAs are ranked according to the percentage of funds delegated to schools, with those delegating more at the top of the ranking order. Schemes for 12 inner London LEAs other than Westminster are due to be submitted by 30 September and are due to come into operation on 1 April 1992.

2. The potential schools budget (PSB) consists of the major part of the general schools budget (GSB)—ie the GSB less expenditure on certain excepted items: capital expenditure; expenditure supported by central government grants; and expenditure on school meals, home to school transport and transitional exceptions (eg grounds maintenance). The amount which the schools themselves decide how to spend, as a proportion of the PSB, is a percentage used as an indicator of the extent to which LEAs have delegated resources to their schools. A new requirement from 1993 (1995 for inner London authorities) is that this percentage should be a minimum of 85 per cent. The percentage for last year 1990–91 is given in brackets. Where a figure is not given in brackets the LMS scheme was not in operation last year.

3. The proportion of the PSB held back by each LEA (ie not delegated to schools) expressed as a cash amount per pupil—rounded to the nearest £10. Pupil numbers have in most cases been taken from LEA's section 42 statements. Where pupil numbers are not provided in the section 42 statement they are taken from the latest statistical information available to the Department, ie the January 1990 form 7 returns.

4. Expenditure on central administration—one of the discretionary exceptions included in the PSB—expressed as a percentage of the PSB. Last year's percentage is given in brackets.

Note:

The percentages stated may differ from the percentages calculated by individual LEAs because of the effects of rounding.

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