§ Mr. Radiceasked the Paymaster General what proportion of rate support grant funding transferred from local education authorities to the Manpower Services Commission for non-advanced further education in 1986–87 will not be reallocated directly to local education authorities.
§ Mr. TrippierOf the £110 million being transferred to the Manpower Services Commission from rate support grant in 1986–87, £5 million will be held back to support change within the further education system.
§ Mr. Radiceasked the paymaster General which local education authorities will have non-advanced further education allocations in 1986–87 reduced by the Manpower Services Commission regional directors; and by what amounts.
§ Mr. TrippierNone.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Paymaster General whether he will list in the Official Report for each local education authority in England (a) the sum received for technical and vocational education initiative projects, (b) the sum received for technical and vocational education initiative projects expressed as a percentage of the education budget, (c) the number of pupils engaged on technical and vocational education initiative projects, (d) the number of such pupils expressed as a percentage of the total in secondary education, (e) the number of secondary schools involved in technical and vocational education initiatives, (f) the percentage of secondary schools involved in technical and vocational education initiative, and (g) the percentage of pupils in participating schools engaged in technical and vocational education initiative projects in each case (i) during the pilot scheme and (ii) under the proposed expansion of the scheme.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 21 May 1986]: The table sets out the answers to the hon. Member's questions for each of the 60 local education authorities in 267W England currently participating in the technical and vocational education initiative. With the exception of the first round projects which started in 1983 (asterisked in the table), participating projects have each been allocated up to a ceiling of £2 million spread over a period of six financial years to fund additional provision for four successive cohorts of about 250 pupils from 14 to 18 in a group of relevant institutions, both secondary schools and colleges. Pilot projects of this constant size inevitably bulk
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Local Education Authority (England) Sum received by TVEI Projects in 1985–86 £'s (2) expressed as a per cent, of estimated net education expenditure 1985–86 TVEI pupil numbers at September 1985 (4) expressed as a per cent, of LEA secondary school population (January 1985) Number of schools participating in TVEI excluding FE Colleges (6) expressed as a per cent, of total secondary schools per LEA as ar January 1985 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Barnsley* 639,670 1.20 1,144 5.9 7 30.0 Bedfordshire* 858,193 0.66 1,213 2.5 5 6.6 Berkshire 305,592 0.18 489 0.9 6 9.2 Birmingham* 753,836 0.31 794 1.0 8 8.3 Bolton 389,647 0.63 419 1.9 4 2.0 Bradford* 625,593 0.51 760 1.6 2 2.3 Bromley 367,253 0.63 228 1.2 5 21.7 Buckinghamshire 420,475 0.28 494 1.3 8 15.7 Bury 295,923 0.72 383 2.9 4 22.2 Cambridgeshire 400,000 0.29 460 1.0 4 8.2 Cheshire 300,194 0.12 390 0.5 5 6.5 Cleveland 455,084 0.29 422 0.9 7 12.3 Cornwall 416,999 0.47 565 1.7 3 9.1 Coventry 392,553 0.50 518 2.1 3 14.3 Croydon 200,904 0.28 477 2.3 4 13.8 Cumbria 372,700 0.32 448 1.2 7 15.9 Derbyshire 347,670 0.16 492 0.7 4 4.9 Devon* 577,637 0.30 805 1.2 5 5.9 Doncaster 392,266 0.54 484 1.9 5 14.7 Dudley 374,763 0.55 498 2.3 5 18.5 Durham 410,901 0.29 510 1.1 6 12.8 Ealing 400,000 0.57 195 1.4 4 26.6 East Sussex 341,234 0.29 502 1.3 4 10.2 Enfield* 721,640 1.26 674 3.5 12 60.0 Essex 322,915 0.09 498 0.4 6 4.9 Gloucestershire 331,963 0.31 536 1.4 5 9.8 Hampshire 403,000 0.12 586 0.6 6 5.5 Havering 451,416 0.78 494 2.6 6 28.6 Hereford and Worcester* 733,443 0.53 764 1.4 10 12.2 Hertfordshire* 866,813 0.39 876 1.1 10 9.3 Isle of Wight 322,118 1.23 528 4.7 5 23.8 Kent 325,000 0.10 225 0.2 4 2.6 Kingston upon Thames 399,890 1.48 243 2.9 6 54.5 Leicestershire* 697,050 0.34 1,524 2.1 11 12.9 Lincolnshire 393,713 0.32 484 1.1 5 7.1 Newcastle 360,471 0.50 495 2.5 5 21.7 Norfolk 319,901 0.22 438 0.9 6 10.3 North Tyneside 354,704 0.71 507 3.0 5 15.1 Northamptonshire 399,541 0.29 496 1.0 6 8.9 Northumberland 353,621 0.51 550 1.8 7 11.1 North Yorkshire 376,176 0.25 274 0.5 6 8.8 Richmond 404,382 1.30 504 7.3 8 100.0 Sandwell* 354,772 0.44 1,491 5.9 10 38.5 Shropshire 499,011 0.55 502 1.5 6 13.6 Solihull 357,042 0.77 502 2.8 7 36.8 Somerset 412,000 0.45 504 1.6 2 5.0 South Tyneside 367,220 0.85 520 4.4 6 42.9 Staffordshire* 408,682 0.16 946 1.1 5 4.2 Stockport 396,803 0.64 502 2.2 7 35.0 Suffolk 393,141 0.30 452 0.8 3 3.8 Sunderland 337,065 0.46 509 2.1 4 16.6 Surrey 434,005 0.22 515 1.0 3 4.4 Tameside 388,500 0.72 545 3.2 4 19.0 Walsall 422,880 0.56 250 1.0 5 20.8 Warwickshire 346,947 0.32 433 1.3 5 11.9 West Sussex 356,604 0.29 206 0.4 4 9.1 Wiltshire 396,136 0.34 256 0.6 3 7.0 larger in relation to some local education authorities than others, given authorities' varying size. The figures also reflect the different stages that authorities have reached with their projects. Thus comparisons between authorities must be made with caution.
The information requested about the ratio of pupils involved in TVEI to the overall numbers of each of the 337 schools and 118 colleges participating could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Local Education Authority (England) Sum received by TVEI Projects in 1985–86 £s (2) expressed as a per cent, of estimated net education expenditure 1985–86 TVEI pupil numbers at September 1985 (4) expressed as a per cent, of LEA secondary school population (January 1985) Number of schools participating in TVEI excluding FE Colleges (6) expressed as a per cent, of total secondary schools per LEA as at January 1985 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Wigan* 397,764 0.49 672 2.4 9 28.1 Wirral* 5,760,431 0.72 766 3.0 6 23.0 Wolverhampton 330,054 0.47 243 1.1 4 19.0 Source:
Column (3) calculations derived from information taken from "Education Statistics 1985–86 Estimates" published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting (August 1985).
Column (5) and (7) calculations derived from information taken from "Statistics of Education: Schools 1985" published by the Department of Education and Science (December 1985).