Local Education Authority Budgets (Hansard, 14 March 1995)

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list for each local education authority budgeted spending for 1995–96.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
Information on local authorities' budgets for 1995–96 will become available centrally later in the year.

§ Mr. Butcher
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what is the average level of hold-back from local education authority educational budgets for local authorities controlled by(a) Conservative, (b) Labour and (c) Liberal Democrat administrations;
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(2) what is the level of hold-back within the expenditure of the Coventry education authority;
(3) what is the level of hold-back within the education expenditure of (a) Coventry, (b) Solihull, (c) Birmingham, (d) Warwickshire, (e) Wandsworth, (f) Westminster, (g) Sandwell, (h) Wolverhampton and (i) Walsall local education authorities.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The percentage of the potential schools budget retained centrally for 1994–95 by the LEAs in question is as follows:¹

Percentage

Coventry 12.9

Solihull 9.6

Birmingham 13.2

Warwickshire 14.3

Wandsworth² 17.7

Westminster 11.5

Sandwell 13.5

Wolverhampton 11.3

Walsall 12.3

¹ The figures are taken from the answer given on 17 October 1994 to the hon. Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman) Official Report, columns 27–36.

² In the case of the inner London authorities (other than Westminster) the introduction of local management of Schools was deferred until April 1992, and the delegation requirements applicable to those authorities differ from those applicable elsewhere.

I will write to my hon. Friend about average hold-back by LEAs according to political control.

§ Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many education authorities have made representations that their budgets of 1995–96 are insufficient for their(a) education and (b) youth services.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
My colleagues and I have received representations from a large number of local education authorities about aspects of their budgets for 1995–96.

	Percentage
Coventry	12.9
Solihull	9.6
Birmingham	13.2
Warwickshire	14.3
Wandsworth²	17.7
Westminster	11.5
Sandwell	13.5
Wolverhampton	11.3
Walsall	12.3
¹ The figures are taken from the answer given on 17 October 1994 to the hon. Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman) Official Report, columns 27–36.
² In the case of the inner London authorities (other than Westminster) the introduction of local management of Schools was deferred until April 1992, and the delegation requirements applicable to those authorities differ from those applicable elsewhere.