§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the percentage of local authorities' total expenditure spent on education for each county in Wales for the years(a) 1991–92, (b) 1992–93, (c) 1993–94, (d) 1994–95, (e) 1995–96 and (f) 1996–97, ranked in order from the highest percentage to the lowest.[10865]
§ Mr. HainThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Percentage of local authority expenditure spent on education ranked1 Per cent. 1991–92 Powys 47 Mid Glamorgan 47 Clwyd 47 Gwent 45 Dyfed 44 West Glamorgan 43 South Glamorgan 42 Gwynedd 41 1992–93 Clwyd 47 Powys 46 Gwent 46 Mid Glamorgan 44 West Glamorgan 43 Dyfed 43 Gwynedd 41 South Glamorgan 40 1993–94 Gwent 43 Mid Glamorgan 41 Powys 41 Clwyd 40 West Glamorgan 39 Dyfed 39 South Glamorgan 37 Gwynedd 36 1994–95 Gwent 43 Mid Glamorgan 39 Powys 38 West Glamorgan 38 Clywd 38 South Glamorgan 38 Dyfed 37 Gwynedd 34 1995–96 South Glamorgan 39 Gwent 39 Mid Glamorgan 38 Powys 37 Clwyd 36
Percentage of local authority expenditure spent on education ranked1 Per cent. West Glamorgan 36 Dyfed 36 Gwynedd 33 1996–97 Pembrokeshire 41 Torfaen 41 Monmouthshire 40 Cardiff 39 Caerphilly 39 Bridgend 39 Flintshire 38 Rhondda Cynon Taff 38 Powys 38 Merthyr Tydfil 38 The Vale of Glamorgan 38 Carmarthenshire 37 Isle of Anglesey 37 Newport 37 Ceredigion 37 Swansea 36 Denbighshire 36 Neath Port Talbot 36 Conwy 35 Wrexham 35 Blaenau Gwent 34 Gwynedd 33 1On 1 April 1995, police authorities became authorities in their own right. Prior to that date, police expenditure formed part of county council overall expenditure. For consistency across years, police expenditure has been excluded throughout. Higher and further education colleges transferred out of the local authority sector on 1 April 1992 and 1 April 1993 respectively and this may affect patterns of expenditure before and after these dates. Up to 1995–96 includes county and district services to be consistent with 1996–97 unitary authority figures.