Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what is the value of the area cost adjustment, in calculating the education Standard Spending Assessment, for each local education authority in England; [150189]
(2)pursuant to the answers of 8 February 2001, Official Report, columns 646–47W, how many and what proportion of (a) children of lone parents and (b) children of Income Support and income based Job Seeker's Allowance claimants are used in the education SSA calculation for local authorities in England; [150299]
(3)pursuant to the answers of 8 February 2001, Official Report, columns 646–47W, what ethnicity indicator was used in the education SSA calculation, for local authorities in England. [150298]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe information has been placed in the library.
Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the answers of 8 February 2001, Official 213W Report, columns 646–47W, which service provision costs are higher in London and the south-east than in Worcestershire. [150300]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe higher cost of service provision in London and the south-east are reflected in the area cost adjustment, which takes into account the higher employment costs and rate costs there compared to the rest of the country, including Worcestershire.
§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the SSA per head of population for Cambridgeshire, expressed in real terms, for each year since 1990–91. [150802]
§ Ms Beverley HughesSSA per head figures for the old county council, the new county council and the unitary authority of Peterborough, in real terms, are as follows:
SSA per hand (in real terms) Cambridgeshire Year (Old) (New) Peterborough 1990–91 639.66 — — 1991–92 705.04 — — 1992–93 724.13 — — 1993–94 662.30 — — 1994–95 677.27 — — 1995–96 623.54 — — 1996–97 634.57 — — 1997–98 619.26 — — 1998–99 — 586.50 874.07 1999–2000 — 594.58 893.25 2000–01 — 601.27 918.87 2001–02 — 608.21 939.64 There are a number of discontinuities in the figures. The most important changes are the transfer of funding of colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges from local authorities to the Further Education Funding Council on 1 April 1993, the transfer of policing responsibilities from county councils to the new police authorities on 1 April 1995 and the establishment of the Peterborough unitary authority on 1 April 1998. The figures for Peterborough cover both lower and upper tier services; in the remainder of Cambridgeshire lower tier services are provided by the district councils.