HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 cc325-7W
Mr. Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the total amounts spent on all services by each local education authority in England and Wales in the years 1974–75, 1977–78 and 1978–79.

Mr. Guy Barnett

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 23 January 1979; Vol. 961, c. 99], gave the following information:

NET REVENUE EXPENDITURE1 OF LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1974–75 AND 1977–78 OUTTURN
£000s £000s
Non-metropolitan county councils (England)
Avon 112,068 177,147
Bedfordshire 65,382 107,606
Berkshire 80,656 131,279
Buckinghamshire 62,634 99,543
Cambridgeshire 63,440 102,924
Cheshire 115,462 191,293
Cleveland 84,247 132,634
Cornwall 43,692 72,831
Cumbria 62,590 97,304
Derbyshire 104,315 168,825
Devon 104,609 165,692
Dorset 65,096 106,926
Durham 75,709 124,617
East Sussex 72,137 118,254
Essex 162,162 253,689
Gloucestershire 57,462 93,389
Hampshire 174,530 290,040
Hereford and Worcester 72,828 116,471
Hertfordshire 130,382 196,061
Humberside 104,855 171,122
Isle of Wight 12,534 19,951
Kent 170,583 272,201
Lancashire 166,593 269,765
Leicestershire 101,288 160,349
£000s £000s
Lincolnshire 64,972 105,680
Norfolk 75,447 121,733
Northamptonshire 60,911 98,506
Northumberland 38,020 60,615
North Yorkshire 79,210 129,787
Nottinghamshire 124,520 205,578
Oxfordshire 64,256 101,578
Salop 41,601 68,695
Somerset 46,153 73,979
Staffordshire 116,457 200,943
Suffolk 62,053 99,991
Surrey 117,482 179,407
Warwickshire 57,174 89,085
West Sussex 69,208 110,568
Wiltshire 59,846 93,811
Non-metropolitan county councils(Wales)
Clwyd 48,714 80,631
Dyfed 45,294 71,850
Gwent 60,268 94,607
Gsvynedd 33,513 52,444
Mid—Glamorgan 74,918 118,720
Powys 16,801 28,662
South Glamorgan 50,174 83,505
West Glamorgan 51,580 83,992
Metropolitan district councils
Isles of Scilly 349 553
Greater Manchester:
Bolton 31,496 49,432
Bury 18,479 31,644
Manchester 87,179 139,434
Oldham 26,679 44,854
Rochdale 25,561 47,175
Salford 34,937 56,897
Stockport 35,148 52,420
Tameside 25,332 42,926
Trafford 27,737 43,584
Wigan 34,693 56,655
Merseyside:
Knowsley 27,959 40,558
Liverpool 86,180 128,957
St. Helens 22,148 37,758
Sefton 34,264 54,474
Wirral 43,362 69,852
South Yorkshire:
Barnsley 26,256 42,949
Doncaster 38,018 60,601
Rotherham 30,641 49,137
Sheffield 69,788 112,528
Tyne and Wear:
Gateshead 26,423 42,845
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 43,319 70,749
North Tyneside 41,871
South Tyneside 22,811 37,433
Sunderland 38,201 58,424
West Midlands:
Birmingham 148,710 221,732
Coventry 45,951 67,464
Dudley 29,111 44,692
Sandwell 38,617 57,012
Solihull 21,721 34,304
Walsall 30,411 50,163
Wolverhampton 29,968 51,885
West Yorkshire:
Bradford 63,141 103,855
Calderdale 24,038 38,707
Kirklees 45,201 67,692
Leeds 83,811 127,602
Wakefield 38,345 59,363
Greater London Council including ILEA (2) 504,957 800,902
Outer London borough councils
£000s £000s
Barking 25,053 37,315
Barnet 41,565 67,092
Bexley .. 48,685
Brent 44,887 73,278
Bromley 40,561 65,983
Croydon 50,961 72,759
Ealing 47,438 72,384
Enfield 37,539 56,959
Haringey 39,997 65,733
Harrow 28,595 44,402
Havering 34,577 53,129
Hillingdon 39,176 63,397
Hounslow 34,745 62,123
Kingston-upon-Thames 21,017 32,150
Merton 25,967 38,436
Newham 38,650 66,825
Redbridge 30,132 48,902
Richmond-upon-Thames 22,654 37,193
Sutton 22,684 37,754
Waltham Forest 33,197 56,735

Notes:

(1) Net expenditure to be met from rates/precept, grants and balances. This comprises expenditure on employees and running costs, plus debt charges and revenue contributions to capital outlay less income from sales, fees and charges and other—non-grant—income.

For a county council, equals total county fund expenditure on its own services met from precepts, government grants and balances, including where appropriate an apportionment of the expenditure of the joint police authority.

For a district or borough council, equals total rate fund expenditure on its own services met from rates, government grants and balances, including where appropriate an apportionment of the expenditure of the Metropolitan Police authority.

(2) Amounts shown for the Greater London Council include the expenditure of the Inner London Education Authority, and of the GLC in both inner and outer London.

Not available.