HC Deb 16 October 2001 vol 372 cc1182-3W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement. [6863]

John Healey

The Department for Education and Skills does not have responsibility for spending outside England except for higher education student support and its administration for students from Wales plus some small programmes. The table shows estimated programme spending by Government region in 1999–2000 by the then Department for Education and Employment on those programmes for education and skills which are now the responsibility of this Department. It does not include local authority expenditure on education and training funded from the education standard spending assessment. This is paid through the revenue support grant distributed by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Central Government expenditure on education and skills programmes 1999–2000
Region £ billion1 Percentage2
London 2.2 17
South East 1.5 12
South West 1.4 10
East 1.6 12
West Midlands 1.5 11

Central Government expenditure on education and skills programmes 1999–2000
Region £ billion1 Percentage2
East Midlands 1.1 8
Yorkshire and Humberside 1.3 10
North East 0.7 5
North West 1.9 14
Total 13.2 100
1 Expenditure figures rounded to nearest £100 million
2 Percentage figures may not appear to sum due to rounding

Notes:

1. Total excludes approximately £100 million expenditure in Wales on student loans, mandatory awards, student loan administration for higher education students from Wales

2. Total includes New Deal for Schools capital, the Children's Fund, Sure Start and Ofsted. Total also includes some smaller programmes of which the proportion allocated outside England is less than £20 million.

3. Total does not include annually managed expenditure—the vast majority of this is teachers' pensions, which also covers Wales.

Source:

Departmental Report 2001 and internal analysis