Education Standard Spending Assessment

HC Deb 17 December 2001 vol 377 cc58-9W

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list for each of the years 1995–96 to 2001–02(a) the total amount of education SSA provided to local education authorities, (b) the final education budget agreed by local education authorities and (c) the amount by which the education budget exceeded SSA.

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 11 December 2001]: The information is set out in the following table.

£
Year	Total education standard spending assessment	Total education budget	Surplus or deficit
1995–96	17,024.1	17,821.1	797.0
1996–97	17,764.2	18,411.3	647.1
1997–98	17,853.8	18,399.2	545.4
1998–99	19,383.7	19,809.5	425.8
1999–2000	20,414.1	20,802.0	387.9
2000–01	21,478.6	21,812.0	333.3
2001–02	22,512.9	22,713.7	200.8

Notes:

Total education budget for 1995–96 to 2000–01 is taken from local authorities' revenue accounts returns.

For 2001–02 the education budget is total education revenue expenditure recorded at line five on local education authorities' section 52 budget statements, less income from grants recorded at lines 6a and 6b.