HC Deb 25 January 1984 vol 52 cc591-3W
Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what sums were expended, nationally and by local education authorities, on the schools career service in 1981, 1982 and 1983; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Morrison

[pursuant to his reply, 19 January 1984, c. 277]: The sums expended, nationally and by local education authorities, on the careers service in the financial years 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 are as follows:

Careers Service—England

Expenditure by local authorities financed from grants from central

Government, rates and balances

£ thousands
Local Authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
ENGLAND
Shires
Avon 776 434 531
Bedfordshire 1,055 497 642
Berkshire 1,134 513 768

£ thousands
Local Authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Buckinghamshire 378 483 492
Cambridgeshire 489 501 640
Cheshire 809 935 1,038
Cleveland 761 964 1,074
Cornwall 338 399 371
Cumbria 369 338 494
Derbyshire 624 761 863
Devon 793 949 1,096
Dorset 409 486 569
Durham 583 731 834
East Sussex 532 561 617
Essex 924 1,070 1,208
Gloucestershire 378 473 600
Hampshire 1,239 1,440 1,681
Hereford and Worcester 519 673 744
Humberside 853 1,098 1,321
Hertfordshire 822 976 1,078
Isle of Wight 89 111 119
Kent 1,325 1,341 1,201
Lancashire 1,122 1,357 1,593
Leicestershire 442 569 798
Lincolnshire 442 514 554
Norfolk 413 452 551
Northamptonshire 330 418 490
Norhumberland 317 344 377
North Yorkshire 485 586 693
Nottinghamshire 792 975 1,164
Oxfordshire 401 446 493
Shropshire 387 436 532
Somerset 406 496 623
Staffordshire 797 973 1,052
Suffolk 364 412 484
Surrey 890 996 1,117
Warwickshire 461 545 673
West Sussex 329 395 453
Wiltshire 411 495 555
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Greater Manchester
Bolton 171 212 241
Bury 125 170 220
Manchester 616 812 754
Oldham 177 198 226
Rochdale 170 216 238
Salford 199 250 297
Stockpoit 171 193 198
Tameside 159 188 185
Trafford 209 207 284
Wigan 260 336 381
Merseyside
Knowsley 299 360 400
Liverpool 712 815 933
St. Helens 197 241 292
Sefton 303 372 422
Wirral 302 359 435
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 231 290 351
Doncaster 391 394 488
Rotherham 280 329 373
Sheffield 677 831 939
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 287 336 403
Newcastle 423 571 595
South Tyneside 213 241 288
North Tyneside 232 284 349
Sunderland 453 526 589
West Midlands
Birmingham 1,338 1,595 1,667
Coventry 543 615 771
Dudley 140 173 228
Sandwell 292 363 413

£ thousands
Local Authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Solihull 192 257 329
Walsall 274 324 393
Wolverhampton 356 435 508
West Yorkshire
Bradford 604 696 867
Calderdale 127 159 192
Kirklees 250 318 373
Leeds 687 808 870
Wakefield 282 305 370
INNER LONDON EDUCATION AUTHORITY 3,876 4,524 5,011
London Boroughs
Barking 179 199 217
Barnet 206 239 257
Bexley 141 154 276
Brent 382 492 505
Bromley 194 217 278
Croydon 279 316 350
Ealing 296 373 415
Enfield 183 221 248
Haringey 361 459 431
Harrow 259 295 388
Havering 309 326 390
Hillingdon 229 244 280
Hounslow 224 248 270
Kingston 79 93 115
Merton 131 140 158
Newham 297 308 351
Redbridge 263 246 245
Richmond 129 145 166
Sutton 98 108 131
Waltham Forest 205 237 318
TOTAL 43,426 51,256 58,319
SCOTLAND
Borders 96 132 98
Central 248 287 312
Dumfries and Galloway 164 192 233
Fife 451 552 614
Grampian 304 393 435
Highland 209 279 337
Lothian 827 805 1,003
Strathclyde 2,752 3,231 3,675
Tayside 342 424 483
Orkney 12 13 15
Shetland 21 24 28
Western Isles 27 34 41
TOTAL 5,453 6,366 7,274
WALES
Clwyd 347 414 469
Dyfed 230 263 293
Gwent 550 638 727
Gwynedd 260 291 320
Mid Glamorgan 691 611 885
Powys 105 123 135
South Glamorgan 270 357 382
West Glamorgan 259 340 354
TOTAL 2,713 3,037 3,565
GRANDTOTAL
GREAT BRITAIN 51,592 60,659 69,158