§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of local education authority funding is retained for administration by Sheffield local education authority; how much of this was delegated to support services for each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [20040]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table sets out Sheffield local education authority's expenditure in the last thee years, as a percentage of its total education spending, on(a) management and administration and services strategy and regulation; (b) inspection and advisory services; (c) other education support services, including the education welfare service, educational psychology services and operational units; and (d) school catering services.
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 (a) 3.4 3.4 3.9 (b) 0.5 0.2 0.4 (c) 2.3 2.6 2.7 (d) 3.7 4.2 4.0