HC Deb 30 October 1985 vol 84 cc480-3W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the total amounts paid out in each of the last five years for which figures are available on (a) mandatory maintenance awards and (b) discretionary' maintenance awards in real terms using 1979–80 as a base, by local education authorities.

Mr. Brooke

A full reply could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The following table shows the amounts paid out in respect or full-value mandatory and discretionary awards by each local authority in England and Wales in 1979–80 and 1983£84, and the value in percentage terms of the 1983–84 payments deflated by increases in retail prices, using 1979–80 as the base.

Expenditure on full-value Mandatory Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms Expenditure on full-value Discretionary Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms
1979–80 1983–84 (1979=100) 1979–80 1983–84 11979=100)
Sandwell 1,030 1,751 117 162 222 94
Solihull 1,828 2,376 89 81 95 81
Walsall 1,350 2,186 111 930 234 172
Wolverhampton 1,644 2,530 106 136 Nil Nil
Knowsley 1,007 1,274 87 19 23 82
Liverpool 4,306 5,049 81 Nil Nil Nil
St. Helens 1,287 1,820 97 112 129 79
Sefton 3,217 4,695 100 181 203 77
Wirral 3,112 4,803 106 409 874 147
Bolton 1,728 2,973 118 204 199 67
Bury 1,395 2,140 105 223 177 55
Manchester 3,380 4,258 87 471 394 57
Oldham 1,190 1,843 106 76 100 90
Rochdale 1,230 1,875 105 134 193 98
Salford 1,175 1,639 96 219 209 66
Stockport 2,814 4,025 98 262 298 78
Tameside 1,101 1,604 100 84 150 122
Trafford 2,138 3,435 110 133 Nil Nil
Wigan 1,615 2,724 116 119 259 149
Barnsley 947 1,398 101 207 202 67
Doncaster 1,585 2,508 109 166 273 113
Rotherham 1,140 2,022 122 81 159 134
Sheffield 3,032 4,863 110 537 757 97
Bradford 2,998 4,883 112 562 978 120
Calderdale 1,079 1,859 118 151 198 90
Kirklees 2,489 3,689 102 358 508 98
Leeds 4,764 7,117 103 490 272 38
Wakefield 1,526 1,967 89 223 316 97
Gateshead 1,031 1,454 97 208 151 50
Newcastle upon Tyne 2,152 2,773 89 308 347 77
North Tyneside 1,441 1,795 86 217 174 55
South Tyneside 960 1,400 100 83 8 6
Sunderland 1,533 2,323 104 375 571 104
Isles of Scilly 14 28 136 11 2 10
Avon 6,855 10,810 108 745 1466 135
Bedfordshire 2,929 4,983 117 358 511 98
Berkshire 4,951 8,983 125 434 884 140
Buckinghamshire 4,401 7,175 112 406 500 85
Cambridgeshire 3,577 5,868 113 542 616 78
Cheshire 7,060 11,437 111 977 1,684 118
Cleveland 3,514 5,585 109 563 763 93
Cornwall 2,366 3,909 113 292 362 85
Cumbria 2,949 4,165 97 548 893 112
Derbyshire 5,106 7,456 100 422 386 63
Devon 6,187 9,621 107 1,596 1,939 83
Dorset 4,271 6,230 100 856 1,070 86
Durham 3,284 4,786 100 519 712 94
East Sussex 4,315 7,023 112 923 531 39
Essex 8,045 11,765 100 1,492 1,261 58
Gloucestershire 3,813 6,079 109 732 1,048 98
Hampshire 9,474 14,277 104 2,132 2,667 86
Hereford and Worcester 4,225 6,928 113 469 669 98
Hertfordshire 8,256 10,680 89 921 162 12
Humberside 4,612 7,155 107 903 1,713 130
Isle of Wight 583 1,137 134 113 178 108
Kent 9,670 14,887 106 2,173 2,837 90
Lancashire 10,473 14,852 97 1,150 1,888 113
Leicestershire 5,868 9,181 107 486 1,472 208
Lincolnshire 3,304 5,096 106 439 966 151
Norfolk 3,565 5,586 108 753 499 45
North Yorkshire 4,974 7,484 103 835 1,739 143
Northamptonshire 2,830 4,770 116 344 599 120
Northumberland 1,899 2,932 106 230 248 74
Nottinghamshire 5,732 8,857 106 609 809 91
Oxfordshire 4,141 6,557 109 487 397 56
Salop 2,324 3,752 111 410 674 113
Somerset 2,680 4,354 112 346 292 58
Staffordshire 5,656 9,001 109 748 797 73

Expenditure on full-value Mandatory Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms Expenditure on full-value Discretionary Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms
1979–80 1983–84 (1979=100) 1979–80 1983–84 (1979=100)
Suffolk 3,083 4,922 110 873 1,146 90
Surrey 9,003 13,025 99 912 791 60
Warwickshire 3,671 5,604 105 598 651 75
West Sussex 4,573 6,972 105 634 528 57
Wiltshire 3,379 5,189 105 613 576 65
Clwyd 2,698 4,213 107 265 526 136
Dyfed 2,719 4,392 111 15 5 24
Gwent 3,164 5,188 113 303 473 107
Gwynedd 1,623 2,802 119 41 34 57
Mid-Glamorgan 3,242 4,699 100 446 5 1
Powys 772 1,203 107 337 374 76
South Glamorgan 3,602 5,635 107 483 716 102
West Glamorgan 2,648 4,892 127 480 624 89
Total England and Wales 332,209 502,077 104 49,452 63,665 88