HC Deb 23 July 1987 vol 120 cc323-5W
Mr. Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total number of pupils remaining in education after (a) 16 years and (b) 17 years but under the age of 19 years, in each local education authority in England, for the latest date available; and what was the amount granted in discretionary awards by each local education authority.

Mr. Dunn

The available information is given in the following table. Expenditure is not collected by students' age, but practically all lesser-value awards are for students aged under 19. Student numbers have been given for 16 and 17-year-olds in full time education at school and in non-advanced further education. Figures for 18-year-olds are not readily available.

Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards and full time student numbers by LEA: Academic Year 1985–86
Academic Year 1985–86
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards Persons in full-time education1
(£000) 16-year-olds (thousands) 17-year-olds (thousands)
Barking 148.3 0.7 0.3
Barnet 19.7 2.3 1.7
Bexley 37.6 1.6 1.0
Brent 22.4 1.7 1.3
Bromley 28.4 1.9 1.2
Croydon 206.6 2.1 1.3
Ealing 263.8 1.8 1.2
Enfield 136.4 1.8 1.2
Haringey 194.1 1.3 0.9
Harrow 16.8 1.6 1.1
Havering 182.8 1.6 1.0
Hillingdon 37.1 1.4 0.8
Hounslow 29.0 1.5 0.9
Kingston upon Thames 19.2 0.9 0.6
Merton 47.3 1.1 0.7
Newham 194.7 1.4 0.9
Redbridge 31.1 1.4 1.1
Richmond upon Thames 33.6 0.8 0.5
Sutton 41.7 1.2 0.8
Waltham Forest 267.1 1.4 0.9
Inner London2 . . 11.3 7.0
Birmingham2 . . 6.8 4.4
Coventry 155.0 2.1 1.4
Dudley 161.3 2.1 1.4
Sandwell 46.3 1.8 1.1
Solihull 2.5 1.7 1.2
Walsall 316.6 1.7 1.2
Wolverhampton 0.0 1.9 1.1
Knowsley 114.1 1.0 0.5
Liverpool 1,340.8 3.1 2.0
Academic Year 1985–86
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary A wards Persons in full-time education1
(£000) 16-year-olds (thousands) 17-year-olds (thousands)
St. Helens 209.5 1.3 0.9
Sefton 11.3 2.5 1.7
Wirral 200.9 2.4 1.6
Bolton 421.4 1.6 1.3
Bury 251.0 1.3 1.0
Manchester 712.6 2.8 2.0
Oldham 406.6 1.2 0.8
Rochdale 143.2 1.2 0.9
Salford 223.3 1.5 1.0
Stockport 202.9 2.0 1.5
Tameside 102.4 1.2 0.9
Trafford 192.4 1.3 1.1
Wigan 549.3 2.4 1.7
Barnsley 167.6 1.4 0.8
Doncaster 16.6 1.6 1.2
Rotherham 234.4 1.6 1.1
Sheffield 851.3 3.6 2.2
Bradford 98.8 2.8 1.7
Calderdale 49.6 1.3 0.8
Kirklees 496.4 2.7 1.8
Leeds 461.6 4.4 2.7
Wakefield 180.1 2.0 1.2
Gateshead 139.7 0.9 0.7
Newcastle upon Tyne 175.3 1.3 0.9
North Tyneside 282.1 1.2 0.8
South Tyneside 210.3 0.8 0.6
Sunderland 279.6 1.6 1.0
Isles of Scilly 31.7 0.0 0.0
Avon 756.0 5.8 3.7
Bedfordshire 956.9 3.6 2.2
Berkshire 136.2 5.2 3.5
Buckinghamshire 133.6 4.4 3.3
Cambridgeshire 1.8 3.9 2.7
Cheshire 0.0 6.8 5.0
Cleveland 293.4 4.1 2.6
Cornwall 655.1 3.4 2.2
Cumbria 565.5 3.0 1.9
Derbyshire 1,624.9 6.2 4.1
Devon 374.4 6.5 4.2
Dorset 291.9 3.6 2.6
Durham 318.1 3.4 2.3
East Sussex 651.3 4.0 2.8
Essex 2,265.4 9.2 6.2
Gloucestershire 514.1 3.3 2.2
Hampshire 3,031.0 10.6 7.1
Hereford and Worcester 0.0 4.4 3.0
Hertfordshire 523.2 7.8 5.1
Humberside 1,014.2 5.5 3.4
Isle of Wight 47.2 0.8 0.5
Kent 425.5 10.6 7.0
Lancashire 1,515.8 8.5 6.2
Leicestershire 312.8 6.1 4.2
Lincolnshire 131.2 3.8 2.5
Norfolk 653.9 4.1 2.7
Academic Year 1985–86
Expenditure on Lesser Value Discretionary Awards Persons in full-time education1
(£000) 16-year-olds (thousands) 17-year-olds (thousands)
North Yorkshire 913.9 5.1 3.7
Northamptonshire 53.3 3.6 2.3
Northumberland 528.5 2.0 1.3
Nottinghamshire 1,200.7 5.9 4.0
Oxfordshire 0.0 3.8 2.4
Salop 101.0 2.8 1.9
Somerset 29.6 3.0 1.9
Staffordshire 269.4 6.8 4.5
Suffolk 89.2 3.3 2.1
Surrey 135.8 6.9 5.1
Warwickshire 50.1 3.7 2.5
West Sussex 201.0 4.5 3.1
Wiltshire 245.4 3.7 2.4
1 Including some sandwich students.
2 These authorities made no return on their lesser-value discretionary awards for 1985–86.