§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the annual cost of administering each education authority in each of the last three years.
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§ Mr. ForthThe information is given in the table. The table shows spending by each LEA on administration in cash for 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available. Figures may not always be strictly comparable between LEAs due to differing local accounting practices.
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LEA Expenditure on administration 1989–90 £000 1990–91 £000 1991–92 £000 ILEA 108,067 — — Corporation of London — 474 440 Camden — 8,164 7,791 Greenwich — 7,799 13,094 Hackney — 15,331 9,213 Hammersmith — 7,564 7,929 Islington — 11,889 11,611 Kensington — 4,668 4,922 Lambeth — 11,152 10,500 Lewisham — 12,391 10,168 Southwark — 7,151 6,987 Tower Hamlets — 7,746 8,138 Wandsworth — 12,915 3,498 Westminster — 7,876 8,094 Barking 3,625 4,334 4,439 Barnet 5,103 5,469 5,893 Bexley 4,662 5,281 4,814 Brent 6,594 6,446 6,492 Bromley 4,244 4,828 4,062 Croydon 5,926 7,396 5,811 Ealing 7,954 8,072 8,534 Enfield 5,862 6,895 8,894 Haringey 6,255 9,881 5,852 Harrow 4,566 3,228 4,160 Havering 4,502 5,308 5,413 Hillingdon 5,050 6,705 5,298 Hounslow 5,110 4,798 4,089 Kingston-upon-Thames 3,438 3,298 3,349 Merton 3,839 4,605 4,902 Newham 6,285 7,287 7,215 Redbridge 4,536 4,400 4,860 Richmond-upon-Thames 3,449 4,420 3,855 Sutton 5,547 6,488 6,007 Waltham Forest 4,567 6,194 6,642 Birmingham 18,903 19,434 18,676 Coventry 8,332 9,429 12,965 Dudley 4,971 8,538 8,351 Sandwell 4,909 6,111 5,888 Solihull 2,558 3,086 3,200 Walsall 3,711 4,855 4,310 Wolverhampton 5,325 6,207 6,174 Knowsley 3,328 3,050 3,264 Liverpool 7,226 7,678 7,724 St. Helens 1,863 4,383 4,671 Sefton 5,644 5,503 5,369 Wirral 6,277 4,880 5,350 Bolton 4,643 5,746 5,889 Bury 2,954 3,110 3,277 Manchester 8,102 9,230 9,704 Oldham 4,371 9,156 2,501 Rochdale 3,529 2,810 2,194 Salford 6,105 9,131 9,357 Stockport 1,980 4,188 4,050 Tameside 2,777 3,279 3,092 Trafford 2,676 2,693 2,719 Wigan 4,323 4,023 4,051 Barnsley 2,961 3,396 3,524 Doncaster 3,797 3,805 4,079 Rotherham 3,384 2,950 4,060 Sheffield 9,727 8,020 8,199 Bradford 7,890 8,289 4,783 Calderdale 3,764 3,480 3,169 Kirklees 8,538 10,144 9,478 Leeds 10,068 12,150 11,433 Wakefield 5,423 4,303 4,417 Gateshead 3,800 4,422 3,982 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5,996 7,192 5,859 North Tyneside 3,382 3,132 2,386
LEA Expenditure on administration 1989–90 £000 1990–91 £000 1991–92 £000 South Tyneside 3,422 3,059 2,830 Sunderland 3,542 3,450 3,290 Avon 14,993 17,957 15,561 Bedfordshire 7,845 9,259 10,286 Berkshire 12,716 11,757 11,377 Buckinghamshire 11,429 14,682 16,315 Cambridgeshire 11,919 14,653 11,153 Cheshire 14,488 17,167 14,022 Cleveland 10,206 11,844 12,201 Cornwall 7,215 9,158 10,019 Cumbria 10,551 11,186 8,656 Derbyshire 13,858 14,461 15,355 Devon 10,815 9,068 13,140 Dorset 7,927 9,157 8,754 Durham 5,961 6,283 6,599 East Sussex 6,931 7,908 10,149 Essex 25,756 26,782 26,253 Gloucestershire 8,023 8,900 8,906 Hampshire 16,545 19,133 21,363 Hereford and Worcester 7,729 8,666 9,837 Hertfordshire 9,354 12,826 15,280 Humberside 12,311 13,077 14,185 Isle of Wight 2,465 3,207 3,688 Kent 18,742 26,195 13,889 Lancashire 21,051 17,783 19,373 Leicestershire 10,845 12,708 12,902 Lincolnshire 8,178 9,549 10,421 Norfolk 8,275 10,255 14,922 North Yorkshire 8,901 8,937 9,266 Northamptonshire 8,868 9,212 7,903 Northumberland 4,250 3,897 4,636 Nottinghamshire 15,909 16,873 21,294 Oxfordshire 7,451 12,428 9,245 Shropshire 4,607 4,808 5,429 Somerset 8,062 7,537 9,178 Staffordshire 12,252 14,476 13,846 Suffolk 9,981 9,501 11,252 Surrey 18,626 20,663 16,990 Warwickshire 7,796 8,666 9,396 West Sussex 11,449 8,624 9,750 Wiltshire 8,039 7,753 8,914 Notes:
1. The figures for all years consist of net recurrent expenditure on LEA administration including central local authority administration expenditure recharged to education.
2. For 1989–90, the figures for Haringey, Hounslow, Manchester, North Tyneside and Wakefield LEAs are estimates; for 1990–91, the figure for Greenwich LEA is an estimate; and for 1991–92, the figures for Hackney, Haringey, Islington, North Tyneside and Walsall are subject to final checking by the Department of the Environment and the Department for Education.