§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list those local education authorities in England which have indicated that they will be unable to meet the financial provisions for school sixth forms in 2002–03, as specified by the Learning and Skills Council; and if she will make a statement. [28109]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Learning and Skills Council has issued to LEAs and schools their provisional sixth form funding allocations for 2002–03. These allocations will be confirmed shortly. LEAs will be required to pass on all the money received for sixth forms to the schools.
Because the way the LSC distributes the funds differs from that formerly used by LEAs, transitional issues have arisen for some authorities. We propose to deal with these by providing extra grant resources for 2002–03 for those authorities most significantly affected, and by allowing more flexibility in the way LEAs fund schools. A letter to this effect was sent to all LEAs on 7 December 2001 and copies have been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list, by local education authority in England, the amounts allocated for 2002–03 to schools with sixth forms, excluding funding for statemented special education needs, by the Learning and Skills Council according to the(a) terms of the Real Terms Guarantee, (b) Learning and Skills Council's methodology and (c) Learning and Skills Council's methodology as modified by the restriction of gains to 30 per cent. above the levels of the Real Terms Guarantee. [28110]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThis is principally a matter for the Learning and Skills Council. Their provisional school sixth form allocations were published on 14 December 2001 and are publicly available on the LSC's internet website in the form requested by the hon. Member at www.lsc.gov.uk. The allocations will be confirmed shortly.