§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much has been spent on the assisted places scheme in each local education authority in 1983–84 and 1984–85.
§ Mr. DunnFigures for the school year 1984–85 are not yet available. The information requested for the school year 1983–84 is as follows:
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Local Education Authority Total expenditure £ Barking and Dagenham Nil Barnet 121,097 Bexley Nil Brent Nil Bromley 153,605 Croydon 326,818 Ealing 101,613 Enfield Nil Haringey 53,355 Harrow * 122,433 Havering Nil Hillingdon 24,123 Hounslow Nil Kingston-upon-Thames 90,183 Merton 122,247 Newham Nil Redbridge 124,811 Richmond-upon-Thames 230,477 Sutton 44,136 Waltham Forest 105,593 Inner London Education Authority 1,984,323 Birmingham 287,007 Coventry 135,909 Dudley Nil Sandwell Nil Solihull Nil 570W
Local Education Authority Total expenditure £ Walsall Nil Wolverhampton 193,207 Knowsley Nil Liverpool 424,779 St. Helens Nil Sefton 313,791 Wirral 377,575 Bolton 231,679 Bury 163,534 Manchester 540,340 Oldham 189,960 Rochdale Nil Salford Nil Stockport 206,827 Tameside Nil Trafford 81,886 Wigan Nil Barnsley Nil Doncaster Nil Rotherham Nil Sheffield 57,977 Bradford 129,947 Calderdale Nil Kirklees 108,969 Leeds 304,892 Wakefield 173,769 Gateshead Nil Newcastle Upon Tyne 445,553 North Tyneside Nil South Tyneside Nil Sunderland Nil Avon 891,372 Bedfordshire 590,496 Berkshire 184,515 Buckinghamshire 13,438 Cambridgeshire 239,608 Cheshire *224,818 Cleveland Nil Cornwall 125,586 Cumbria 158,527 Derbyshire 217,583 Devon 416,163 Dorset 150,365 Durham Nil East Sussex 207,303 Essex 321,341 Gloucestershire 64,080 Hampshire 756,809 Hereford and Worcester 383,845 Hertfordshire 565,659 Humberside 160,648 Isles of Scilly Nil Isle of Wight Nil Kent 264,666 Lancashire 491,456 Leicestershire 170,359 Lincolnshire 89,224 Norfolk 196,432 North Yorkshire 96,561 Northamptonshire 204,055 Northumberland Nil Nottingharnshire 95,740 Oxfordshire 352,134 Shropshire 47,133 Somerset 415,698 Staffordshire 377,833 Suffolk 288,852 Surrey 618,637 Warwickshire 163,797 West Sussex Nil Wiltshire 59,720 * Estimated.
§ Mr. Christopher Hawkinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the level of parental contributions to the fees of pupils in the assisted places scheme in 1986–87.
§ Sir Keith JosephSubject to the usual consultations and to parliamentary approval, the parental contribution scales will be adjusted upwards for the school year 1986–87 as follows:
Part of relevant income to which specified percentage applies Only assisted pupil per cent. Each of two assisted pupils per cent. Each of three assisted pupils per cent. That part which exceeds £6,640 but does not exceed £7,220 9 6.75 5.25 That part (if any) which exceeds £7,220 but does not exceed £7,810 12 9 7 That part (if any) which exceeds £7,810 but does not exceed £8,980 15 11.25 8.75 That part (if any) which exceeds £8,980 but does not exceed £10,780 21 15.75 12.25 That part (if any) which exceeds £10,780 but does not exceed £13,130 24 18 14 That part (if any) which exceeds £13,130 33 24.75 19.25