HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc8-15W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will set out for each local education authority the percentage of the aggregate schools budget represented by(a) the potential schools budget, (b) GM-related expenditure and (c) the general schools budget in the most recent year for which information is available.

Mr. Forth

The tables set out, for each authority, the aggregated schools budget as a proportion of the potential schools budget, and other information relating to the extent to which resources are retained for spending by the authority and the extent to which resources are allocated to schools on the basis of their pupil numbers. Figures for spending on local authority schools of a type which governors of grant-maintained schools have to make

Table: The extent of LEAs' delegation to schools (1992–93)
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Local education authority (LEA) PSB delegated to schools PSB not delegated per pupil Central administration as proportion of PSB Central administration per pupil
1992–93 (1991–92) 1992–93 1992–93 (1991–92) 1992–93
per cent per cent £ per cent per cent £
All LEAs where LMS in operation before April 1992
1 Berkshire 89.11 (87.68) 190 2.14 (2.78) 40
2 Sefton 88.78 (87.86) 210 2.41 (2.71) 40
3 Bolton 88.52 (88.31) 210 1.49 (2.06) 30
4 Stockport 88.34 (88.69) 220 2.23 (3.15) 40
5 Sunderland 88.31 (88.40) 200 2.14 (2.15) 40
6 Rochdale 88.31 (88.46) 200 2.32 (2.37) 40
7 Bexley 88.27 (81.32) 210 2.88 (5.06) 50
8 Cheshire 88.26 (87.35) 200 1.83 (1.71) 30
9 Barking 87.85 (85.20) 230 3.22 (3.27) 60
10 Northamptonshire 87.62 (86.01) 220 1.66 (2.23) 30
11 West Sussex 87.38 (87.67) 220 2.25 (2.09) 40
12 Devon 87.31 (87.14) 220 2.73 (2.53) 50
13 Cambridgeshire 87.22 (87.45) 230 2.10 (2.03) 40
14 Manchester 87.19 (88.03) 240 2.94 (3.54) 50
15 Northumberland 87.17 (88.16) 200 2.68 (2.37) 40
16 Hertfordshire 87.14 (86.19) 240 3.75 (3.81) 70
17 Bury 87.08 (85.31) 230 2.29 (2.00) 40
18 Warwickshire 87.03 (86.72) 220 3.07 (3.19) 50
19 Suffolk 87.01 (87.56) 240 1.23 (0.78) 20
20 Brent 86.91 (83.51) 290 4.04 (4.26) 90
21 Croydon 86.83 (81.00) 290 2.97 (4.15) 60
22 Leeds 86.79 (86.26) 250 3.31 (4.22) 60
23 Cumbria 86.72 (85.41) 240 2.27 (3.02) 40
24 Hampshire 86.56 (086.11) 250 2.39 (3.16) 40
25 Enfield 86.39 (84.68) 270 2.89 (3.69) 60
26 Lincolnshire 86.34 (85.46) 250 2.29 (2.21) 40
27 Shropshire 86.31 (86.09) 270 1.83 (2.00) 40
28 Norfolk 86.24 (84.37) 260 2.36 (3.35) 40
29 Ealing 86.14 (82.92) 280 2.95 (5.86) 60
30 Havering 86.09 (85.09) 270 2.08 (1.93) 40
31 South Tyneside 85.98 (85.94) 240 1.90 (2.06) 30
32 Oxfordshire 85.91 (84.68) 280 3.48 (2.85) 70
33 Isle of Wight 85.76 (83.75) 270 1.90 (1.92) 40
34 Solihull 85.76 (85.59) 270 1.15 (1.93) 20
35 Wirral 85.75 (85.73) 250 1.39 (2.59) 20
36 Surrey 85.68 (84.61) 270 3.79 (4.85) 70
37 Walsall 85.68 (85.50) 260 3.11 (3.40) 60
38 Westminster 85.63 (34.88) 370 4.44 (5.59) 110
39 Somerset 85.61 (85.48) 280 2.29 (2.69) 40
40 Calderdale 85.58 (85.46) 250 3.73 (2.39) 60
41 Kingston 85.57 (84.35) 310 3.51 (4.11) 80
42 Sandwell 85.56 (82.74) 280 2.37 (4.51) 50
43 Kirklees 85.46 (84.96) 260 3.34 (3.65) 60
44 Hereford/Worcester 85.46 (83.99) 270 2.45 (3.18) 40
45 Staffordshire 85.41 (84.84) 250 2.75 (4.10) 50
46 North Yorkshire 85.39 (84.16) 270 1.95 (2.37) 40
47 St. Helens 85.39 (84.53) 280 3.56 (3.65) 70
48 Leicestershire 85.37 (84.28) 280 2.62 (2.89) 50
49 Durham 85.30 (82.16) 260 2.28 (4.79) 40
50 Buckinghamshire 85.29 (86.58) 270 2.98 (3.55) 60
51 Barnsley 85.27 (85.91) 240 2.40 (2.88) 40
52 Bedfordshire 85.23 (83.29) 280 2.93 (3.66) 60
53 East Sussex 85.23 (85.37) 270 1.95 (2.20) 40
54 Barnet 85.20 (83.68) 310 4.22 (4.96) 90
55 Humberside 85.20 (84.60) 280 3.08 (3.01) 60
56 Isles of Scilly 85.12 (83.17) 530 3.85 (6.41) 140
57 Essex 85.08 (85.08) 270 2.87 (3.52) 50
58 Nottinghamshire 85.06 (83.96) 270 3.15 (3.41) 60
59 Dudley 85.06 (84.47) 270 3.30 (3.64) 60
60 Richmond 85.03 (82.58) 300 4.10 (4.82) 80
61 Redbridge 85.03 (83.13) 270 2.68 (5.10) 50
62 Cornwall 85.02 (83.95) 260 2.64 (3.52) 50
63 Newcastle 84.89 (82.38) 280 3.45 (5.09) 60
64 Hounslow 84.83 (83.26) 310 3.04 (4.46) 60
65 North Tyneside 84.78 (84.55) 290 2.40 (3.99) 50
66 Salford 84.74 (86.03) 280 4.29 (2.64) 80
67 Tameside 84.74 (83.80) 260 1.96 (2.16) 30

themselves could only be calculated for all local education authorities at disproportionate cost. I will write to my hon. Friend with a detailed explanation of the factors involved.

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Local education authority (LEA) PSB delegated to schools PSB not delegated per pupil Central administration as proportion of PSB Central administration per pupil
1992–93 (1991–92) 1992–93 1992–93 (1991–92) 1992–93
per cent per cent £ per cent per cent £
68 Bradford 84.74 (86.68) 280 3.41 (3.55) 60
69 Rotherham 84.70 (85.43) 290 3.54 (3.76) 70
70 Sutton 84.70 (85.15) 280 3.56 (3.84) 60
71 Trafford 84.69 (83.94) 250 2.48 (3.68) 40
72 Bromley 84.67 (84.88) 300 3.51 (5.70) 70
73 Kent 84.54 (85.84) 270 3.78 (4.61) 70
74 Liverpool 84.47 (82.92) 290 3.97 (4.65) 70
75 Derbyshire 84.46 (83.97) 260 1.94 (3.04) 30
76 Cleveland 84.45 (83.37) 280 3.54 (4.64) 60
77 Wiltshire 84.42 (83.26) 290 3.47 (3.18) 60
78 Knowsley 84.41 (83.24) 290 4.76 (4.99) 90
79 Hillingdon 84.38 (83.91) 290 3.81 (6.17) 70
80 Lancashire 84.32 (82.74) 290 1.63 (3.46) 30
81 Merton 84.31 (84.86) 330 2.97 (3.33) 60
82 Oldham 84.30 (83.14) 290 2.50 (4.53) 50
83 Birmingham 84.26 (83.41) 290 3.66 (3.85) 70
84 Doncaster 84.20 (84.00) 300 2.19 (2.29) 40
85 Dorset 84.16 (85.16) 270 3.26 (3.72) 60
86 Wigan 84.11 (83.03) 300 3.65 (4.18) 70
87 Sheffield 84.08 (85.92) 300 3.48 (3.26) 70
88 Wakefield 84.05 (84.28) 280 1.66 (1.49) 30
89 Gateshead 83.91 (83.92) 300 1.57 (2.99) 30
90 Haringey 83.84 (83.77) 370 3.78 (4.78) 90
91 Avon 83.56 (82.78) 310 3.60 (3.87) 70
92 Gloucestershire 83.19 (84.47) 290 3.13 (3.37) 50
93 Coventry 83.01 (82.76) 330 5.06 (4.37) 100
94 Harrow 83.75 (82.45) 350 4.94 (5.05) 100
95 Waltham Forest 82.09 (80.22) 390 5.10 (6.60) 110
96 Newham 82.07 (79.46) 360 3.37 (5.94) 70
97 Wolverhampton 80.94 (81.55) 370 5.19 (5.33) 100
Averages 85.57 (84.89) 270 2.84 (3.44) 50
Inner London LEAs where LMS in operation from April 1992
1 City of London 87.05 360 9.67 270
2 Islington 85.19 390 4.53 120
3 Wandsworth 84.16 390 3.69 90
4 Camden 83.20 420 4.04 100
5 Hammersmith-Fulham 81.70 480 3.84 100
6 Lewisham 81.09 440 5.66 130
7 Hackney 79.77 490 5.27 130
8 Lambeth 79.68 510 6.40 160
9 Greenwich 79.63 470 7.98 180
10 Southwark 79.12 480 7.10 160
11 Tower Hamlets 77.16 590 5.66 150
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12 Kensington-Chelsea 76.13 760 9.00 290
Averages 80.59 480 5.78 140
National Averages 85.31 (84.89) 270 2.99 (3.44) 60
Footnotes to table showing the extent of delegation.
1. All 109 local education authorities (LEAs) in England have LMS schemes in operation and are required to publish budget statements showing planned expenditure, 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 the 12 inner London LEAs other than Westminster came into operation later than the rest, on 1 April 1992. These LEAs are listed separately.
2. The potential schools budget (PSB) consists of the major part of the general schools budget (GSB)—ie the GSB less planned 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 April 1993 (1995 for the 12 inner London authorities listed separately) is that this percentage should be a minimum of 85 per cent. The percentage for the previous year 1991–92 is given in brackets. Where a figure is not given in brackets the LMS scheme was not in operation during that 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. LEAs are not required to state the price base used in their estimates and no adjustment has therefore been made: comparisons between LEAs should consequently take into account that a different price base may have been used. Pupil numbers have in most cases been taken from LEAs' section 42 statements.
4. Planned expenditure on central administration—one of the discretionary exceptions included in the PSB—expressed as a percentage of the PSB. The previous year's percentage is given in brackets. Following the publication of accounting guidance by CIPFA this year, LEAs may have changed from last year their method of calculating central administration expenditure. In addition, not all LEAs have followed CIPFA's guidance this year. Consequently, there may not be a consistent basis for comparisons between years and between LEAs.
5. Planned expenditure on central administration expressed as a cash amount per pupil—rounded to the nearest £10. The qualifications on price base and the basis of LEAs' calculations of central expenditure (see notes 3 and 4) apply to these figures as well. NB The percentages stated may differ from the percentages calculated by individual LEAs because of the effects of rounding.

Table: Percentage of aggregated schools budget (ASB) based on pupil numbers (1992–93)
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Local Education Authority Pupil-led funding as a percentage
(LEA) ASB
All LEA where LMS in operation before April 1992 1992–93 Per cent. (1991–92) Per cent.
1 Isle of Scilly 93.22 (93.21)
2 Dudley 89.63 (90.00)
3 South Tyneside 88.68 (88.33)
4 Wigan 86.84 (86.40)
5 Lincolnshire 86.82 (88.51)
6 Gateshead 86.72 (87.04)
7 Tameside 86.62 (85.33)
8 Bexley 86.46 (85.39)
9 Barking 86.45 (88.36)
10 Bolton 86.42 (86.16)
11 Oldham 86.24 (84.69)
12 Northumberland 85.56 (86.07)
13 Newcastle 85.16 (81.66)
14 Bromley 84.90 (84.43)
15 Brent 84.75 (86.00)
16 Northamptonshire 84.72 (82.62)
17 Sefton 84.58 (83.79)
18 Redbridge 84.32 (84.00)
19 Trafford 84.25 (84.40)
20 Knowsley 84.22 (83.50)
21 Rotherham 84.05 (82.87)
22 Stockport 83.99 (80.31)
23 Harrow 83.56 (83.49)
24 Kingston 83.54 (76.67)
25 Barnsley 83.52 (81.98)
26 Leicestershire 83.46 (83.19)
27 Hereford/Worcester 83.42 (81.95)
28 Kent 83.28 (84.93)
29 Sunderland 83.24 (82.25)
30 Devon 83.08 (82.78)
31 Suffolk 83.01 (82.29)
32 Rochdale 83.00 (80.00)
33 Enfield 82.97 (80.40)
34 Calderdale 82.88 (83.19)
35 North Yorkshire 82.66 (82.02)
36 Bury 82.62 (81.42)
37 Coventry 82.48 (83.57)
38 Cambridgeshire 81.94 (81.00)
39 Avon 81.93 (82.91)
40 Manchester 81.79 (82.14)
41 Isle of Wight 81.71 (81.85)
42 Cheshire 81.34 (80.16)
43 Cornwall 81.33 (83.75)
44 Cleveland 81.19 (80.33)
45 Westminster 81.17 (83.32)
46 Solihull 80.95 (81.70)
47 Lancashire 80.94 (79.60)
48 Waltham Forest 80.92 (81.66)
49 Wiltshire 80.90 (81.56)
50 Richmond 80.89 (79.79)
51 Sutton 80.83 (80.53)
52 Cumbria 80.64 (78.83)
53 Ealing 80.63 (80.53)
54 Nottinghamshire 80.53 (76.34)
55 Durham 80.47 (80.20)
56 Wirral 80.39 (79.55)
57 Dorset 80.38 (79.94)
58 Bedfordshire 80.23 (78.50)
59 Leeds 80.10 (80.26)
60 Humberside 80.02 (80.42)
61 Liverpool 80.00 (80.00)
62 Shropshire 79.76 (77.86)
63 Kirklees 79.41 (77.27)
64 Newham 79.32 (79.85)
65 Gloucestershire 79.25 (80.64)
66 Warwickshire 79.10 (79.02)
67 St. Helens 79.00 (76.50)
68 Berkshire 78.92 (79.31)
69 Haringey 78.91 (77.37)
70 Hounslow 78.76 (77.82)

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Local Education Authority Pupil-led funding as a percentage
(LEA) ASB
All LEA where LMS in operation before April 1992 1992–93 Per cent. (1991–92) Per cent.
71 Salford 78.67 (82.02)
72 Staffordshire 78.67 (79.34)
73 Sheffield 78.64 (77.30)
74 Derbyshire 78.48 (75.32)
75 Hillingdon 78.45 (77.93)
76 West Sussex 78.23 (82.29)
77 Somerset 78.17 (79.09)
78 Walsall 78.14 (77.87)
79 Bradford 78.12 (77.66)
80 North Tyneside 78.00 (78.00)
81 Surrey 77.91 (76.58)
82 Hampshire 77.90 (76.35)
83 Oxfordshire 77.59 (77.60)
84 Birmingham 77.55 (78.69)
85 Merton 77.45 (77.99)
86 Barnet 77.29 (76.86)
87 Essex 77.07 (76.56)
88 Havering 76.61 (75.09)
89 Doncaster 76.50 (76.66)
90 Norfolk 76.43 (75.31)
91 Hertfordshire 76.43 (75.33)
92 East Sussex 76.41 (76.29)
93 Buckinghamshire 76.32 (79.06)
94 Croydon 75.66 (80.22)
95 Wakefield 75.63 (75.76)
96 Wolverhampton 75.33 (74.88)
97 Sandwell 75.01 (79.03)
Averages 80.54 (80.17)

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Local Education Authority (LEA) Pupil-led funding as a percentage
ASB
Inner London LEAs where LMS in operation from April 1992 1992–93 Per cent. (1991–92) Per cent.
1 Wandsworth 85.04
2 Islington 84.00
3 City of London 82.11
4 Kensington/Chelsea 81.64
5 Southwark 80.84
6 Hammersmith/Fulham 80.68
7 Camden 80.66
8 Lewisham 77.64
9 Lambeth 77.51
10 Hackney 77.27
11 Tower Hamlets 76.70
12 Greenwich 76.56
Averages 79.55
National Averages 80.49 (80.17)
Footnotes to table showing the extent of pupil-led funding.
1. The LEAs are ranked according to the proportion of funds allocated to schools on the basis of pupil numbers and ages, with those allocating a greater percentage of pupil-led funding at the top of the ranking order.
2. The aggregated schools budget (ASB) is that part of the potential schools budget which is delegated to the school level. The current requirement is that at least 75 per cent. of an LEA's ASB is based on pupil numbers and ages. From April 1993 (1995 for the inner London authorities which only started LMS this year) the minimum percentage will be raised to 80 per cent. (but that will include any pupil-led funding allocated in respect of special needs which does not currently count towards the 75 per cent. minimum). The percentage of pupil-led funding in 1991–92 is given in brackets. Where a figure is not given in brackets the LMS scheme was not in operation last year. All figures are derived from LEA's published budget statements, but

the percentages stated may differ from the percentages calculated by individual LEAs because of the effects of rounding and other adjustments.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that local management of schools' budgets fairly takes account of the extra costs to a school with long-term stable staffing.

Mr. Forth

Within the national local management of schools framework, LEA schemes may provide for small school budget shares to reflect actual staff costs for as long as the LEA considers necessary. LEAs may also extend the transitional period to larger schools which face exceptional difficulties because of higher than average salary costs. We have said that we will review the policy of funding teachers' salaries within LMS schemes. However, it remains our view that governors should be responsible and accountable for the financial implications of their decisions.

School leavers statistical file 1990–91 revised 3 July 1992 Maintained schools only
Percentage of school leavers with five or more GCSE/O/CSE grades A-C
1988–89 to 1990–91 1987–88 to 1989–90 1986–87 to 1988–89 1985–86 to 1987–88
Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank
Buckinghamshire 43.5 1 41.2 2 36.0 5 33.4 6
Surrey 42.9 2 40.7 3 38.0 4 36.4 3
Harrow 42.8 3 44.1 1 38.6 3 38.3 2
West Sussex 42.2 4 39.6 4 35.5 6 32.5 8
East Sussex 40.5 5 36.5 9 31.4 13 27.4 23
Hertfordshire 39.6 6 36.1 10 31.9 11 30.3 12
Barnet 39.5 7 39.0 5 38.9 2 41.5 1
Sutton 39.4 8 37.0 8 39.1 1 34.9 4
Stockport 38.9 9 34.9 11 28.6 25 24.9 43
North Yorkshire 38.1 10 37.6 7 34.5 7 32.8 7
Solihull 38.0 11 33.4 16 31.7 12 30.8 11
Somerset 38.0 11 31.4 29 27.1 39 24.5 46
Gloucestershire 37.9 13 34.3 13 31.2 14 29.1 17
Trafford 37.5 14 32.8 20 30.7 15 31.1 10
Kingston upon Thames 36.8 15 34.2 14 32.2 10 34.1 5
Hampshire 36.8 15 32.8 20 29.6 21 27.7 21
Wigan 36.4 17 34.6 12 30.2 18 29.4 15
Northumberland 36.0 18 33.4 16 30.7 15 29.8 13
Cheshire 35.5 19 33.3 18 29.1 23 28.3 19
Richmond upon Thames 35.4 20 38.0 6 32.4 8 29.6 14
Bolton 35.3 21 31.9 26 28.7 24 26.0 36
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 35.3 21 33.8 15 30.1 19 27.2 24
Warwickshire 35.1 23 30.9 31 28.5 26 26.6 28
Havering 35.0 24 28.6 46 24.4 57 23.3 52
Sefton 34.8 25 33.3 18 28.5 26 26.4 31
Dorset 34.7 26 31.5 28 27.6 35 27.2 24
North Tyneside 34.4 27 30.3 33 27.5 36 23.3 52
Bromley 34.3 28 31.7 27 29.9 20 32.0 9
Shropshire 34.3 28 32.4 23 30.3 17 27.7 21
Wirral 33.7 30 32.5 22 27.8 31 25.9 39
Cambridgeshire 33.6 31 29.8 37 28.0 29 26.0 36
Enfield 33.5 32 31.4 29 26.9 41 24.8 44
Hereford and Worcester 33.4 33 32.1 25 29.2 22 28.5 18
Wiltshire 32.8 34 30.1 36 25.9 45 23.9 48
Devon 32.7 35 29.5 40 26.3 44 24.4 47
Merton 32.5 36 28.7 45 24.6 54 23.4 49
Berkshire 32.5 36 32.4 23 32.3 9 29.3 16
Essex 32.5 36 30.9 31 27.4 37 26.3 32
Kirklees 32.4 39 28.2 49 25.6 46 25.1 42
Bexley 32.2 40 30.2 34 28.5 26 27.8 20
Leicestershire 32.2 40 28.4 48 25.1 51 23.4 49
Avon 31.9 42 30.2 34 27.8 31 26.1 35
Rotherham 31.8 43 28.6 46 23.0 63 19.5 73
Kent 31.5 44 28.9 43 27.3 38 26.5 30
Lancashire 31.5 44 29.4 41 26.8 42 25.6 40
Norfolk 31.4 46 27.8 51 24.5 56 22.7 55
Oxfordshire 31.2 47 29.8 37 27.7 33 26.2 34
Cumbria 31.0 48 29.6 39 28.0 29 26.9 27
Hillingdon 30.7 49 27.3 54 22.7 65 20.0 70
Tameside 30.7 49 29.1 42 27.1 39 24.7 45
Staffordshire 30. 49 26.6 60 24.9 52 23.4 49