§ Mr. Chris DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide public funding to support(a) the Scout Association and (b) the Girl Guides; and if she will make a statement. [14997]
§ Mr. PaiceBoth the Scout Association and the Girl Guides receive funding through the Department's scheme of grants for national voluntary youth organisations. The current scheme runs from 1996–99. For 1997–98, £3.05 million had been allocated for grants under the scheme including £125,000 for the Scout Association and £40,855 for the Girl Guides. All grants are for approved programmes of work designed to promote the personal and social education of young people.
§ Mr. SweeneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is(a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget, allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for (i) mandatory exceptions from delegation, (ii) discretionary exceptions outside the potential schools budget, (iii) discretionary exceptions within the potential schools budget and (iv) the aggregated schools budget; [10401]
(2) what is (a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget, allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for discretionary exceptions outside the potential schools budget and which is (i) delegated and (ii) not delegated to schools; [10400]
(3) what is (a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget, allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for (i) money allocated to schools via age-weighted pupil units, (ii) premature retirement compensation, (iii) school transport, (iv) statementing and support for statemented pupils and (v) school meals (net of income). [10402]
§ Mr. Robin Squire[pursuant to his reply, 13 January 1997, c. 75–84]: The following table corrects the figures previously given in the columns showing the amount per pupil allocated through discretionary exceptions within the potential schools budget, the percentage of the general schools budget allocated through mandatory exceptions and the percentage of the GSB allocated through the cost of statements.
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Amounts per pupil and percentage of GSB—section 122 1996–97 LEA Aggregated schools budget Discretionary exceptions outside the PSB Discretionary exceptions within the PSB Mandatory exceptions £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB Barking/Dagenham 2,031 60.8 213 6.4 144 4.3 952 28.5 Barnet 1,994 67.3 236 8.0 171 5.8 561 18.9 Barnsley 1,512 70.9 193 9.1 179 8.4 248 11.6 Bath and North-east Somerset 1,926 77.1 220 8.8 161 6.5 190 7.6 Bedfordshire 1,771 73.6 145 6.0 205 8.5 167 6.9 Berkshire 1,825 76.8 128 5.4 109 4.6 314 13.2 Bexley 1,718 73.5 152 6.5 144 6.2 323 13.8 Birmingham 1,971 77.1 187 7.3 214 8.4 184 7.2 Bolton 1,694 74.6 219 9.7 201 8.8 156 6.9 Bradford 1,684 64.8 193 7.4 220 8.5 502 19.3 Brent 2,042 71.0 115 4.0 183 6.4 534 18.6 Bristol 2,113 78.7 216 8.0 157 5.9 199 7.4 Bromley 1,689 71.1 256 10.8 99 4.2 332 14.0 Buckinghamshire 1,704 68.6 210 8.4 136 5.5 437 17.6 Bury 1,762 78.2 143 6.4 221 9.8 127 5.6 Calderdale 1,636 69.5 200 8.5 166 7.1 353 15.0 Cambridgeshire 1,670 67.6 196 7.9 180 7.3 423 17.1 Camden 2,530 63.6 338 8.5 186 4.7 924 23.2 Cheshire 1,784 77.0 171 7.4 158 6.8 203 8.7 Cornwall 1,730 69.8 229 9.3 174 7.0 345 13.9 Corporation of London 3,196 66.9 360 7.5 439 9.2 780 16.3 Coventry 1,934 76.4 193 7.6 131 5.2 272 10.8 Croydon 1,934 72.3 184 6.9 225 8.4 332 12.4 Cumbria 1,780 73.9 169 7.0 198 8.2 263 10.9 Derbyshire 1,551 70.7 187 8.5 228 10.4 226 10.3 Devon 1,765 75.6 170 7.3 192 8.2 206 8.8 Doncaster 1,795 71.9 247 9.9 182 7.3 273 10.9 Dorset 1,610 73.0 185 8.4 132 6.0 278 12.6 Dudley 1,752 81.6 71 3.3 152 7.1 171 8.0 Durham 1,681 74.1 217 9.6 181 8.0 190 8.4 Ealing 2,019 76.5 213 8.1 262 9.9 146 5.5 East Riding 1,854 77.4 215 9.0 230 9.6 97 4.0 East Sussex 1,840 74.2 203 8.2 187 7.5 250 10.1 Enfield 1,916 68.5 208 7.4 158 5.7 514 18.4 Essex 1,751 75.5 192 8.3 180 7.8 195 8.4 Gateshead 1,806 66.5 275 10.1 149 5.5 488 17.9 Gloucestershire 1,640 73.3 157 7.0 121 5.4 318 14.2 Greenwich 2,357 78.6 173 5.8 220 7.3 250 8.3 Hackney 2,355 68.8 280 8.2 405 11.8 382 11.2 Hammersmith/Fulham 2,505 73.5 241 7.1 390 11.4 273 8.0 Hampshire 1,872 76.9 183 7.5 144 5.9 235 9.7 Haringey 2,134 64.9 336 10.2 243 7.4 573 17.4 Harrow 2,096 77.1 231 8.5 75 2.8 316 11.6 Hartlepool 1,685 76.1 207 9.4 158 7.2 146 6.7 Havering 1,894 83.6 161 7.1 90 4.0 120 5.3 Hereford/Worcester 1,724 75.0 186 8.1 120 5.2 268 11.6 Hertfordshire 1,891 79.1 128 5.4 170 7.1 200 8.4 Hillingdon 1,915 72.5 208 7.9 134 5.1 385 14.6 Hounslow 2,061 72.9 229 8.1 138 4.9 400 14.2 Hull 1,735 77.4 196 8.8 202 9.0 109 4.9 Isle of Wight 1,757 76.4 199 8.6 148 6.5 195 8.5 Isles of Scilly 3,289 76.9 234 5.5 281 6.6 473 11.1 Islington 2,313 68.1 150 4.4 194 5.7 741 21.8 Kensington/Chelsea 2,804 72.6 288 7.5 229 5.9 539 14.0 Kent 1,753 74.4 217 9.2 119 5.1 267 11.3 Kingston 1,926 80.3 195 8.1 83 3.5 195 8.1 Kirklees 1,693 73.5 210 9.1 177 7.7 222 9.7 Knowsley 1,885 77.5 139 5.7 204 8.4 203 8.4 Lambeth 2,361 66.1 339 9.5 297 8.3 574 16.1 Lancashire 1,736 73.1 217 9.2 201 8.4 221 9.3 Leeds 1,840 72.2 124 4.9 167 6.5 419 16.4 Leicestershire 1,750 76.2 238 10.4 176 7.7 131 5.7 Lewisham 2,285 78.6 248 8.5 236 8.1 140 4.8 Lincolnshire 1,815 75.1 218 9.0 128 5.3 254 10.5 Liverpool 1,824 76.3 143 6.0 185 7.7 238 10.0 Manchester 1,837 71.2 164 6.4 235 9.1 346 13.4 Merton 1,933 63.7 222 7.3 77 2.5 802 26.4 Middlesbrough 1,761 66.8 239 9.1 183 6.9 451 17.1 North east Lincolnshire 1,801 77.4 203 8.7 218 9.4 105 4.5 Newcastle 1,855 74.6 229 9.2 201 8.1 201 8.1 Newham 1,855 68.4 324 11.9 190 7.0 344 12.7 Norfolk 1,846 72.0 178 6.9 222 8.7 317 12.4 North Lincolnshire 1,813 75.2 228 9.5 242 10.0 129 5.3 North Somerset 1,891 77.4 220 9.0 158 6.5 173 7.1
Amounts per pupil and percentage of GSB—section 122 1996–97 LEA Aggregated schools budget Discretionary exceptions outside the PSB Discretionary exceptions within the PSB Mandatory exceptions £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB North Tyneside 1,769 73.2 154 6.4 183 7.6 312 12.9 North Yorkshire 1,828 79.2 191 8.3 181 7.8 108 4.7 Northamptonshire 1,770 74.9 136 5.7 124 5.2 334 14.1 Northumberland 1,739 75.3 170 7.4 229 9.9 172 7.4 Nottinghamshire 1,588 73.9 198 9.2 196 9.1 168 7.8 Oldham 1,811 77.9 185 7.9 190 8.2 138 5.9 Oxfordshire 1,798 70.5 156 6.1 151 5.9 446 17.5 Redbridge 1,959 75.2 172 6.6 129 4.9 346 13.3 Redcar and Cleveland 1,741 76.5 217 9.5 165 7.3 151 6.6 Richmond 2,032 81.3 194 7.8 55 2.2 217 8.7 Rochdale 1,701 76.2 122 5.4 201 9.0 210 9.4 Rotherham 1,732 78.0 201 9.1 134 6.0 153 6.9 Salford 1,775 66.3 184 6.9 191 7.1 528 19.7 Sandwell 1,692 75.2 206 9.1 141 6.3 211 9.4 Sefton 1,821 74.7 217 8.9 154 6.3 244 10.0 Sheffield 1,690 72.8 243 10.5 189 8.1 198 8.5 Shropshire 1,718 71.2 153 6.3 214 8.9 327 13.6 Solihull 1,834 81.8 109 4.9 161 7.2 137 6.1 Somerset 1,769 77.9 171 7.5 113 5.0 219 9.7 South Gloucestershire 1,863 74.0 212 8.4 172 6.8 271 10.8 South Tyneside 1,668 74.8 208 9.3 143 6.4 209 9.4 Southwark 2,255 71.9 269 8.6 299 9.5 313 10.0 St. Helens 1,821 77.1 204 8.6 201 8.5 136 5.7 Staffordshire 1,675 77.5 126 5.8 171 7.9 189 8.7 Stockport 1,801 74.4 174 7.2 150 6.2 294 12.2 Stockton on Tees 1,790 78.7 189 8.3 205 9.0 88 3.9 Suffolk 1,879 79.4 150 6.4 166 7.0 170 7.2 Sunderland 1,819 77.5 119 5.1 148 6.3 261 11.1 Surrey 1,860 72.0 195 7.6 226 8.7 302 11.7 Sutton 1,896 66.7 179 6.3 174 6.1 592 20.8 Tameside 1,556 66.8 175 7.5 165 7.1 433 18.6 Tower Hamlets 2,241 65.4 262 7.6 252 7.4 672 19.6 Trafford 1,556 72.7 202 9.4 147 6.9 236 11.0 Wakefield 1,586 62.0 232 9.1 184 7.2 556 21.7 Walsall 1,758 78.9 197 8.9 84 3.7 190 8.5 Waltham Forest 2,160 73.8 139 4.8 255 8.7 374 12.8 Wandsworth 2,313 72.7 272 8.5 243 7.6 355 11.2 Warwickshire 1,713 66.6 194 7.6 185 7.2 480 18.7 West Sussex 1,795 77.4 218 9.4 139 6.0 167 7.2 Westminster 2,351 71.7 278 8.5 215 6.5 435 13.3 Wigan 1,892 77.7 146 6.0 179 7.4 217 8.9 Wiltshire 1,713 73.5 191 8.2 246 10.6 180 7.7 Wirral 1,780 75.3 182 7.7 184 7.8 219 9.3 Wolverhampton 1,756 74.9 149 6.4 162 6.9 283 12.1 York 1,718 78.6 213 9.8 119 5.4 136 6.2 The information in this table has been derived from financial statements produced under the section 122 of the Education Act 1996 (formerly section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988), incorporating LEA's changes to their statements notified to the Department by 31 December 1996. 754W 755W
LEA Premature retirement compensation Home to school transport Cost of statements School meals (net of income) £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB Barking/Dagenham 16 0.5 27 0.8 74 2.2 71 2.1 Barnet 13 0.4 60 2.0 75 2.5 39 1.3 Barnsley 19 0.9 16 0.8 88 4.1 78 3.7 Bath and North-east Somerset 44 1.8 80 3.2 68 2.7 39 1.6 Bedfordshire 22 0.9 65 2.7 19 0.8 65 2.7 Berkshire 10 0.4 57 2.4 15 0.6 25 1.1 Bexley 5 0.2 25 1.1 51 2.2 43 1.9 Birmingham 23 0.9 49 1.9 41 1.6 94 3.7 Bolton 20 0.9 35 1.5 83 3.6 59 2.6 Bradford 38 1.4 39 1.5 81 3.1 101 3.9 Brent 42 1.5 59 2.0 18 0.6 70 2.4 Bristol 41 1.5 46 1.7 2.4 0.9 70 2.6 Bromley 6 0.3 36 1.5 100 4.2 40 1.7 Buckinghamshire 15 0.6 82 3.3 36 1.4 17 0.7 Bury 38 1.7 23 1.0 18 0.8 93 4.1 Calderdale 25 1.1 20 0.9 88 3.7 61 2.6 Cambridgeshire 22 0.9 61 2.5 90 3.6 45 1.8 Camden 7 0.2 54 1.3 63 1.6 88 2.2 Cheshire 22 0.9 57 2.4 40 1.7 17 0.7 756W 757W
LEA Premature retirement compensation Home to school transport Cost of statements School meals (net of income) £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB Cornwall 19 0.8 60 2.4 120 4.8 49 2.0 Corporation of London 19 0.4 5 0.1 0 0.0 313 6.6 Coventry 26 1.0 29 1.1 33 1.3 67 2.6 Croydon 10 0.4 51 1.9 50 1.9 51 1.9 Cumbria 46 1.9 62 2.6 72 3.0 42 1.7 Derbyshire 22 1.0 48 2.2 93 4.2 87 4.0 Devon 28 1.2 89 3.8 61 2.6 40 1.7 Doncaster 27 1.1 24 0.9 96 3.8 53 2.1 Dorset 16 0.7 73 3.3 43 1.9 25 1.2 Dudley 18 0.8 28 1.3 11 0.5 54 2.5 Durham 23 1.0 61 2.7 83 3.7 51 2.2 Ealing 20 0.8 77 2.9 66 2.5 77 2.9 East Riding 25 1.1 85 3.6 6 0.3 58 2.4 East Sussex 9 0.4 51 2.1 36 1.5 58 2.4 Enfield 19 0.7 29 1.0 70 2.5 65 2.3 Essex 6 0.3 76 3.3 87 3.7 34 1.5 Gateshead 35 1.3 27 1.0 32 1.2 76 2.8 Gloucestershire 22 1.0 71 3.2 72 3.2 30 1.3 Greenwich 4 0.1 52 1.7 9 0.3 98 3.3 Hackney 17 0.5 93 2.7 55 1.6 133 3.9 Hammersmith/Fulham 11 0.3 97 2.8 67 2.0 161 4.7 Hampshire 13 0.5 47 1.9 24 1.0 39 1.6 Haringey 19 0.6 34 1.0 15 0.4 106 3.2 Harrow 12 0.4 32 1.2 74 2.7 26 1.0 Hartlepool 23 1.0 28 1.3 16 0.7 70 3.2 Havering 12 0.5 23 1.0 61 2.7 25 1.1 Hereford/Worcester 9 0.4 73 3.2 76 3.3 16 0.7 Hertfordshire 14 0.6 59 2.5 68 2.9 17 0.7 Hillingdon 15 0.6 92 3.5 21 0.8 0 0.0 Hounslow 9 0.3 37 1.3 40 1.4 52 1.9 Hull 30 1.3 44 2.0 7 0.3 83 3.7 Isle of Wight 10 0.4 58 2.5 70 3.1 56 2.4 Isles of Scilly 78 1.8 74 1.7 207 4.8 102 2.4 Islington 0 0.0 51 1.5 42 1.2 74 2.2 Kensington/Chelsea 16 0.4 7 0.2 69 1.8 146 3.8 Kent 13 0.5 72 3.1 72 3.1 35 1.5 Kingston 22 0.9 35 1.5 72 3.0 22 0.9 Kirklees 21 0.9 35 1.5 64 2.8 56 2.4 Knowsley 29 1.2 36 1.5 14 0.6 98 4.0 Lambeth 4 0.1 71 2.0 168 4.7 131 3.7 Lancashire 31 1.3 56 2.3 107 4.5 53 2.3 Leeds 22 0.9 31 1.2 20 0.8 53 2.1 Leicestershire 14 0.6 64 2.8 85 3.7 42 1.8 Lewisham 5 0.2 35 1.2 65 2. 2 104 3.6 Lincolnshire 23 1.0 95 3.9 69 2.8 14 0.6 Liverpool 34 1.4 34 1.4 36 1.5 88 3.7 Manchester 50 1.9 40 1.6 8 0.3 119 4.6 Merton 27 0.9 35 1.1 88 2.9 3 0.1 Middlesbrough 11 0.4 22 0.8 17 0.7 71 2.7 North-east Lincolnshire 41 1.8 32 1.4 12 0.5 78 3.4 Newcastle 0 0.0 23 0.9 52 2.1 111 4.5 Newham 26 1.0 33 1.2 105 3.9 88 3.2 Norfolk 18 0.7 95 3.7 73 2.8 48 1.9 North Lincolnshire 34 1.4 66 2.7 4 0.2 69 2.8 North Somerset 40 1.6 81 3.3 72 3.0 40 1.7 North Tyneside 35 1.4 23 1.0 63 2.6 78 3.2 North Yorkshire 11 0.5 111 4.8 47 2.0 20 0.9 Northamptonshire 11 0.5 53 2.3 19 0.8 28 1.2 Northumberland 40 1.7 80 3.5 64 2.8 39 1.7 Nottinghamshire 45 2.1 36 1.7 12 0.6 56 2.6 Oldham 17 0.7 17 0.7 16 0.7 72 3.1 Oxfordshire 42 1.6 79 3.1 63 2.5 37 1.5 Redbridge 13 0.5 56 2.2 19 0.7 32 1.2 Redcar and Cleveland 24 1.0 34 1.5 29 1.3 61 2.7 Richmond 10 0.4 27 1.1 73 2.9 0 0.0 Rochdale 25 1.1 26 1.1 36 1.6 102 4.6 Rotherham 13 0.6 29 1.3 31 1.4 51 2.3 Salford 34 1.3 46 1.7 42 1.6 85 3.2 Sandwell 11 0.5 17 1.6 31 1.4 61 2.7 Sefton 26 1.1 28 1.1 40 1.7 71 2.9 Sheffield 40 1.7 35 1.5 78 3.4 75 3.2 Shropshire 28 1.2 90 3.7 41 1.7 36 1.5 Solihull 18 0.8 31 1.4 47 2.1 31 1.4 Somerset 17 0.7 72 3.2 80 3.5 27 1.2 South Gloucestershire 35 1.4 54 2.1 67 2.7 69 2.8
LEA Premature retirement compensation Home to school transport Cost of statements School meals (net of income) £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB £ per pupil Percentage of GSB South Tyneside 25 1.1 16 0.7 16 0.7 74 3.3 Southwark 10 0.3 87 2.8 65 2.1 118 3.8 St. Helens 44 1.9 54 2.3 71 3.0 60 2.5 Staffordshire 27 1.3 47 2.2 48 2.2 40 1.8 Southport 14 0.6 24 1.0 66 2.7 56 2.3 Stockton-on-Tees 5 0.2 30 1.3 24 1.1 60 2.6 Suffolk 13 0.6 78 3.3 45 1.9 21 0.9 Sunderland 10 0.4 26 1.1 38 1.6 59 2.5 Surrey 18 0.7 98 3.8 71 2.7 28 1.1 Sutton 6 0.2 45 1.6 27 1.0 46 1.6 Tameside 27 1.2 34 1.5 50 2.2 24 1.0 Tower Hamlets 21 0.6 48 1.4 82 2.4 135 3.9 Trafford 19 0.9 34 1.6 49 2.3 48 2.2 Wakefield 20 0.8 31 1.2 61 2.4 79 3.1 Walsall 30 1.3 20 0.9 34 1.5 55 2.5 Waltham Forest 20 0.7 43 1.5 4 0.1 73 2.5 Wandsworth 14 0.4 82 26 107 3.4 72 2.3 Warwickshire 35 1.4 68 2.6 23 0.9 43 1.7 West Sussex 3 0.1 53 2.3 40 1.7 30 1.3 Westminster 15 0.5 27 0.8 77 2.3 113 3.5 Wigan 46 1.9 32 1.3 24 1.0 53 2.2 Wiltshire 21 0.9 113 4.9 52 2.2 48 2.0 Wirral 45 1.9 53 2.2 40 1.7 67 2.8 Wolverhampton 50 2.2 35 1.5 22 1.0 75 3.2 York 10 0.5 45 2.1 55 2.5 33 1.5 The information in this table has been derived from financial statements produced under the section 122 of the Education Act 1996 (formerly section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988), incorporating LEA's changes to their statements notified to the Department by 31 December 1996.