§ Mr. Derek TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what specific funds have been allocated to (i) Cheshire local education authority and (ii) Halton local education authority since May 1997 for(a) pre-school, (b) primary school, (c) secondary school, (d) special school and (e) post-16 education. [148848]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 14 February 2001]: The funds allocated to Cheshire local education authority for each category since 1997–98 are shown in the table. Figures for Halton are available only from 1998–99, when it became a unitary authority. The figures include each authority's Standard Spending Assessment, Nursery Education Grant, Standards Fund, Schools Standards Grant, and Budget Support Grant. For some specific funds that are not distributed on the basis of these categories, we have estimated the amounts for each category. From 1998–99 Nursery Education Grant has been used to fund free places in the private, voluntary and independent sectors and new free places in the maintained sector. New places in the maintained sector are funded only for one year via Nursery Education Grant, and after that are normally funded through Standard Spending Assessment.
In 1997–98, Cheshire County Council included Halton and Warrington. Since 1998–99, Halton and Warrington have been separate unitary authorities.
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Funds allocated to Cheshire and Halton local education authorities £ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Cheshire1 Nursery 20.5 — — — Primary 151.2 — — — Secondary 158.6 — — — Post-16 24.7 — — —
Funds allocated to Cheshire and Halton local education authorities £ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Cheshire2 Nursery n/a 16.7 16.9 17.7 Primary n/a 103.8 114.5 125.2 Secondary n/a 109.9 116.8 127.3 Post-16 n/a 18.9 19.0 19.7 Halton Nursery n/a 3.9 4.6 4.7 Primary n/a 25.0 26.7 29.3 Secondary n/a 24.9 26.4 29.1 Post-16 n/a 2.4 2.6 3.2 1 Including Halton and Warrington 2 Excluding Halton and Warrington In addition Cheshire has been allocated £60.6 million and Halton £9.5 million for capital expenditure since 1997–98. Capital funding cannot be broken down into the categories requested.
Under this Government funding nationally per pupil has already increased by over £300 in real terms, and it will increase by a further £150 per pupil for 2001–02.