HC Deb 17 December 1984 vol 70 cc11-3W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the successful and unsuccessful bids of local education authorities for education support grants.

Sir Keith Joseph

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of categories of activity in respect of which bids for education support grants were submitted for the 1985–86 financial year Number of categories of activity in respect of which an amount of expenditure has been approved as eligible for support by education support grants in the 1985–86 financial year
Barking 6 4
Barnet 7 4
Bexley 7 6

Number of categories of activity in respect of which bids for education support grants were submitted for the 1985–86 financial year Number of categories of activity in respect of which an amount of expenditure has been approved as eligible for support by education support grants in the 1985–86 financial year
Brent 10 7
Bromley 5 5
Croydon 10 9
Ealing 9 4
Enfield 7 5
Haringey 8 8
Harrow 7 5
Havering 8 6
Hillingdon 9 7
Hounslow 0 0
Kingston-upon-Thames 7 5
Merton 6 3
Newham 9 7
Redbridge 6 5
Richmond-upon-Thames 9 4
Sutton 6 3
Waltham Forest 8 7
ILEA 10 9
Birmingham 10 7
Coventry 9 7
Dudley 10 5
Sandwell 8 5
Solihull 8 5
Walsall 9 6
Wolverhampton 10 5
Knowsley 7 4
Liverpool 8 8
St. Helens 9 6
Sefton 1 1
Wirral 9 6
Bolton 9 6
Bury 8 5
Manchester 10 8
Oldham 9 5
Rochdale 9 5
Salford 9 6
Stockport 6 5
Tameside 9 8
Trafford 9 6
Wigan 9 5
Barnsley 7 5
Doncaster 9 7
Rotherham 10 7
Sheffield 10 7
Bradford 10 8
Calderdale 9 6
Kirklees 8 7
Leeds 10 8
Wakefield 10 6
Gateshead 8 5
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10 7
North Tyneside 10 6
South Tyneside 8 6
Sunderland 6 4
Avon 10 4
Bedfordshire 8 6
Berkshire 11 6
Buckinghamshire 9 6
Cambridgeshire 9 6
Cheshire 7 3
Cleveland 8 7
Cornwall 9 7
Cumbria 9 6
Derbyshire 11 6
Devon 10 6
Dorset 9 7
Durham 9 5

Number of categories of activity in respect of which bids for education support grants were submitted for the 1985–86 financial year Number of categories of activity in respect of which an amount of expenditure has been approved as eligible for support by education support grants in the 1985–86 financial year
East Sussex 7 5
Essex 9 7
Gloucestershire 10 8
Hampshire 8 6
Hereford and Worcester 9 6
Hertfordshire 8 6
Humberside 10 7
Isle of Wight 8 4
Kent 11 6
Lancashire 10 8
Leicestershire 11 9
Lincolnshire 9 5
Norfolk 8 6
North Yorkshire 8 6
Northamptonshire 10 8
Northumberland 9 6
Nottinghamshire 4 4
Oxfordshire 10 8
Salop 8 6
Somerset 10 7
Staffordshire 9 6
Suffolk 8 7
Surrey 7 5
Warwickshire 7 5
West Sussex 8 6
Wiltshire 9 8

Note: DES circular 6/84 invited authorities to bid for education support grant in support of expenditure on up to 11 categories of activity.