§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many discretionary awards were given by each local education authority in each year since 1985.
§ Mr. BoswellThe number of discretionary awards reported by each LEA for the academic years 1989–90 and 1990–91—latest available—are set out in the table. Some historical information on discretionary awards made by individual LEAs is published in past volumes of "Statistics of Education: Finance and Awards" and "Statistical Bulletins: Student Awards in England and Wales" copies of which are in the Library.
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Total discretionary awards LEA 1989–90 1990–91 City of London — 7 Camden1 — n/a Greenwich — 91 Hackney — 1,191 Hammersmith — 372 Islington — 198 Kensington — 279 Lambeth — 275
LEA 1989–90 1990–91 Lewisham — 533 Southwark — 157 Tower Hamlets — 98 Wandsworth — 1,106 Westminster — 250 ILEA/LRB2 8,391 1,673 Barking 415 139 Barnet 75 41 Bexley 260 286 Brent 187 197 Bromley 351 268 Croydon 893 914 Ealing 711 942 Enfield 132 363 Haringey 492 29 Harrow 71 142 Havering 714 716 Hillingdon 635 157 Hounslow 668 472 Kingston 282 210 Merton 490 555 Newham 802 834 Redbridge 145 290 Richmond 314 223 Sutton 350 393 Waltham Forest 794 779 Birmingham 2,357 537 Coventry 804 785 Dudley 1,282 1,431 Sandwell 1,512 1,628 Solihul 199 254 Walsall 1,579 1,606 Wolverhampton 181 246 Knowsley 1,125 1,347 Liverpool 1,978 1,957 St. Helens 1,066 1,070 Sefton 557 750 Wirral 1,045 649 Bolton 1,780 2,364 Bury 1,657 1,754 Manchester 2,491 2,503 Oldham 940 814 Rochdale 974 1,650 Salford 877 888 Stockport 1,589 1,525 Tameside 764 720 Trafford 885 0 Wigan 2,590 2,604 Barnsley 1,297 2,299 Doncaster 1,568 1,324 Rotherham 1,521 1,471 Sheffield 2,090 120 Bradford 902 973 Calderdale 374 301 Kirklees 2,888 3,215 Leeds 1,574 1,580 Wakefield 2,207 2,191 Gateshead 227 287 Newcastle 956 1,173 North Tyneside 1,253 1,198 South Tyneside 239 236 Sunderland1 0 n/a Isles of Scilly 19 0 Clwyd 1,114 1,172 Dyfed 2,029 2,077 Gwent 309 260
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Expenditure on discretionary awards (£000) 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 City of London — — — — 205.9 Camden1 — — — — n/a Greenwich — — — — 353.7 Hackney — — — — 1,166.3 Hammersmith and Fulham — — — — 3,043.2 Islington — — — — 57.0 Kensington and Chelsea — — — — 452.9
LEA 1989–90 1990–91 Gwnedd 2,242 2,351 Mid Glamorgan 3,450 3,370 Powys 665 702 South Glamorgan 602 771 West Glamorgan 312 396 Avon1 994 n/a Bedfordshire 1,406 907 Berkshire1 424 n/a Buckinghamshire 490 497 Cambridgeshire 474 457 Cheshire 1,753 2,186 Cleveland 1,073 1,227 Cornwall 1,838 2,091 Cumbria 1,293 2,413 Derbyshire 7,774 9,911 Devon 2,925 3,132 Dorset 1,763 2,003 Durham 597 795 East Sussex 735 1,506 Essex 6,721 6,868 Gloucestershire 1,704 1,710 Hampshire 2,070 410 Hereford and Worcester 530 585 Hertfordshire 1,113 959 Humberside 4,233 5,653 Isle of Wight 374 146 Kent 7,097 7,932 Lancashire 6,349 9,729 Leicestershire 3,522 3,957 Lincolnshire 978 1,057 Norfolk 2,309 2,622 North Yorkshire 3,415 3,290 Northamptonshire 378 800 Northumberland 1,604 1,516 Nottinghamshire 3,774 1,848 Oxfordshire 475 498 Shropshire 916 985 Somerset 1,593 1,319 Staffordshire 3,256 671 Suffolk 1,404 1,601 Surrey 1,239 1,283 Warwickshire 2,204 2,100 West Sussex 673 766 Wiltshire 1,048 1,096 1LEAs unable to provide appropriate information. 2 ILBs took over responsibility from ILEA for most awards in 1990–91; some awards were made by the London Residual Body.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the amount of total resources allocated to and by each local education authority for discretionary awards in each year since 1985.
§ Mr. BoswellIt is for each LEA to set out its own budget for discretionary awards in the light of local needs and priorities. The Department does not collect information on any such planned allocations. The available information on expenditure for the years 1985–86 to 1987–88 and 1989–90 to 1990–91 made by LEAs is included in the table. Data for the academic year 1988–89 are not readily availabe and cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.
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1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 Lambeth — — — — 984.7 Lewisham — — — — 808.2 Southwark — — — — 709.1 Tower Hamlets — — — — 860.9 Wandsworth — — — — 3,676.5 City of Westminster — — — — 244.0 ILEA/LRB2 18,470.5 19,569.3 22,010.4 17,472.6 6,254.8 Barking 323.5 412.3 400.6 725.4 248.5 Barnet 708.3 732.2 585.7 124.8 137.9 Bexley 401.0 405.4 329.3 305.7 397.6 Brent 2,825.3 3,702.8 3,376.6 798.4 831.0 Bromley 532.3 657.8 689.9 775.8 771.4 Croydon 508.4 517.4 587.5 636.1 698.7 Ealing 663.1 910.0 1,102.1 1,630.5 1,248.4 Enfield 261.4 367.3 431.8 253.7 531.4 Haringey 694.5 780.3 711.8 609.4 105.8 Harrow 336.9 308.7 258.3 341.9 371.7 Havering 447.3 315.7 458.9 428.9 626.7 Hillingdon 294.6 562.0 465.7 582.8 327.8 Hounslow 254.5 334.3 347.3 425.4 349.8 Kingston-upon-Thames 174.5 239.0 204.1 239.1 435.9 Merton 187.7 283.2 234.2 393.3 487.2 Newham 486.2 638.8 676.9 975.2 886.3 Redbridge 348.2 337.5 341.3 422.5 907.7 Richmond-upon-Thames 413.9 364.2 391.5 492.6 617.4 Sutton 158.8 222.0 259.4 296.6 348.4 Waltham Forest 609.8 629.9 855.0 1,046.1 909.7 Birmingham 1,280.3 1,262.6 1,296.3 1,655.8 1,786.3 Coventry 526.5 575.5 680.6 689.2 731.3 Dudley 340.3 340.6 488.3 645.9 673.0 Sandwell 515.2 748.2 774.2 934.7 897.8 Solihull 198.0 222.5 215.5 265.5 356.1 Walsall 695.0 844.5 949.9 1,015.5 1,608.5 Wolverhampton 196.3 178.4 210.7 237.4 279.2 Knowsley 1,136.2 1,192.8 1,313.2 958.0 1,179.2 Liverpool 2,021.9 2,158.4 2,475.8 5,891.3 6,025.8 St. Helens 546.6 618.1 604.1 707.0 710.1 Sefton 328.8 477.0 455.4 687.1 1,209.8 Wirral 1,240.1 1,111.8 1,277.3 1,656.3 1,709.1 Bolton 961.3 999.9 1,030.0 1,036.1 1,381.8 Bury 660.6 796.2 941.1 909.7 982.4 Manchester 1,701.5 2,116.8 2,271.4 1,938.8 2,020.5 Oldham 605.9 480.9 522.7 1,154.0 808.2 Rochdale 449.7 474.6 430.2 457.4 821.5 Salford 629.4 644.2 630.7 688.9 577.1 Stockport 722.8 703.4 748.2 896.3 856.7 Tameside 353.4 399.1 388.3 352.7 465.0 Trafford 491.2 491.1 591.7 705.7 0.0 Wigan 1,002.4 1,093.2 980.8 836.9 680.5 Barnsley 492.7 634.9 835.8 1,166.1 1,387.1 Doncaster 522.2 562.2 596.5 664.9 869.6 Rotherham 512.2 600.4 739.6 742.6 861.2 Sheffield 2,346.4 2,281.8 2,309.2 2,500.2 429.7 Bradford 1,740.6 1,752.8 2,284.7 1,619.4 1,942.0 Calderdale 373.4 320.1 465.2 579.5 547.7 Kirklees 1,663.6 1,733.6 1,967.9 2,535.0 2,953.0 Leeds 994.4 1,520.8 2,067.9 2,223.7 2,501.4 Wakefield 785.6 818.0 1,023.4 1,132.7 1,236.5 Gateshead 345.6 281.6 309.3 527.7 710.6 Newcastle upon Tyne 692.0 681.4 720.9 795.0 1,011.0 North Tyneside 623.3 848.3 1,002.2 1,077.2 932.0 South Tyneside 285.7 260.6 340.9 469.4 471.7 Sunderland1 1,242.2 1,328.8 1,202.9 0.0 n/a Isles of Scilly 79.3 75.7 85.3 79.3 0.0 Avon1 2,335.1 3,179.5 3,280.8 2,681.8 n/a Bedfordshire 1,670.8 1,286.3 1,917.6 1,323.8 1,214.6 Berkshire1 1,293.3 1,061.3 1,330.4 1,251.0 n/a Buckinghamshire 964.4 862.9 979.5 1,118.8 1,257.0 Cambridgeshire 891.8 1,020.0 1,169.5 1,574.3 1,774.0 Cheshire 3,408.2 3,763.0 3,955.6 4,724.1 5,730.2 Cleveland 1,538.0 1,477.5 1,527.9 1,754.5 2,141.9 Cornwall 1,309.1 1,377.2 1,308.5 2,121.5 2,474.9 Cumbria 1,821.6 2,219.1 2,306.8 2,382.1 3,882.2 Derbyshire 2,559.6 2,732.1 2,586.7 3,373.8 4,789.9 Devon 3,365.2 3,870.6 4,282.0 4,742.2 5,148.4 Dorset 1,559.4 1,733.9 1,898.6 2,471.3 3,332.9 Durham 896.3 881.3 788.5 1,295.6 1,879.7 East Sussex 1430.1 1303.7 1353.9 892.0 1282.2
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 Essex 4,558.0 5113.9 4902.7 5809.4 6364.8 Gloucestershire 2,354.1 2,436.4 2,226.7 2,654.8 2,828.5 Hampshire 7,269.1 8,383.3 8,503.9 4,712.4 6,468.5 Hereford and Worcester 1,016.5 1,061.1 1,007.0 1,256.0 1,456.5 Hertfordshire 1,612.4 1,789.7 2,111.0 3,913.6 3,412.3 Humberside 3,226.2 3,234.6 3,481.4 4,524.1 5,336.0 Isle of Wight 356.8 396.6 411.2 488.3 367.0 Kent 3,990.2 5,193.9 5,221.5 4,985.4 5,799.1 Lancashire 4,887.7 5,284.8 5,323.5 8,593.2 9,764.9 Leicestershire 3,289.2 3,581.1 4,086.2 4,760.5 5,791.1 Lincolnshire 1504.9 1567.7 1,496.6 1,389.4 1,776.4 Norfolk 1,672.0 1,746.3 1,854.9 2,267.3 2,881.4 North Yorkshire 4,070.4 4,448.9 4,910.8 5,057.1 8,114.4 Northamptonshire 875.7 1,231.1 960.3 984.2 1,605.0 Northumberland 956.6 1,332.1 1,370.3 1,938.3 2,256.8 Nottinghamshire 2,624.3 2,890.3 3,054.4 3,914.2 3,012.7 Oxfordshire 908.3 1,093.5 956.7 1,077.6 1,255.4 Shropshire 1,125.1 1,260.7 1,362.9 1,466.1 1,721.1 Somerset 469.6 955.9 1,180.9 1,655.5 1,705.8 Staffordshire 1,423.8 1,597.6 2,094.2 1,611.4 1,532.0 Suffolk 1,879.6 1,923.7 1,918.9 2,247.1 3,059.8 Surrey 1,569.6 1,622.4 1,685.5 1,802.2 1,963.6 Warwickshire 1,228.2 857.8 1,410.8 911.1 1,136.9 West Sussex 812.6 836.1 801.6 1,090.8 1,419.6 Wiltshire 1,344.6 1,532.2 1,478.3 1,647.6 1,764.9 Clwyd 1,515.9 1,218.5 1,268.9 1,771.7 1,948.7 Dyfed 1,230.8 1,388.4 1,324.4 1,915.4 2,445.1 Gwent 2,012.4 2000.6 2258.6 853.2 827.1 Gwynedd 818.5 926.1 855.7 798.3 1,059.8 Mid-Glamorgan 331.6 420.9 363.9 1,591.4 1,480.0 Powys 575.2 566.1 575.3 785.1 947.3 South Glamorgan 1,038.3 1,108.7 1140.3 1,214.3 1508.0 West Glamorgan 804.6 761.7 767.0 849.7 1,039.1 1LEAs unable to provide appropriate information 2ILBs took over responsibility from ILEA for most awards in 1990–91 some awards were made by the London Residual Body.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students applying for discretionary awards, in each local education authority, were refused such awards for each year since 1985.
§ Mr. BoswellIt is for each local education authority to decide on the allocation of discretionary awards in the light of local needs and priorities. The number of students refused discretionary awards is not held centrally.