§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to the reply of 26 January,Official Report, column 137, he will state (a) the names of the 22 local education authorities engaged in the pilot schemes receiving education support grant and (b) the amounts of education support grant paid in each financial year to date to each authority.
§ Mrs. RumboldDetails of the local education authorities involved and the grant paid are as follows:
Financial years 1985–86 £
1986–87 £
1987–881 £
Local education authority Inner London education authority 88,244 169,543 99,470 Coventry 112,060 121,605 95,939 Wigan 93,203 97,860 84,910 Dorset 114,750 169,610 87,500 Essex 232,395 220,500 178,448 Lancashire 43,074 62,930 42,840 Leicestershire 117,040 122,850 99,463 Oxfordshire 117,040 122,850 116,500 Somerset 117,040 122,823 99,400 Suffolk 78,260 83,048 66,500 East Midlands consortiums2 176,448 216,246 92,736 Welsh joint education committee3 155,461 161,712 120,893 1 Figures relate to claims paid to date. Those for 1987–88 are not final totals. 2 Comprising Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Nottinghamshire Local Education Authorities. 3 Comprising Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Powys, Mid-Glamoragan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan Local Education Authorities.