§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much section 11 money has been made available to(a) local education authorities and (b) other bodies; and for what purposes in the past year, five, 10 and 15 years ago, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe amount of grant paid under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 for 1987–88, the most recent year for which actual expenditure figures are available, and for five, 10 and 15 years previously was as follows:
Year Total grunt £ Education £ Other £ 1972–73 7,787,873 5,904,346 1,883,527 1977–78 24,745,627 20,777,102 3,973,525 1982–83 65,817,318 51,342,459 14,474,859 1987–88 72,851,394 55,052,417 17,798,977 The majority of section 11 funded posts involve educational expenditure and are mainly concerned with the teaching of English as a second language. Grant is also paid for posts concerned with bilingual classroom assistance, adult education, youth work, education welfare and home-school liaison.
Other principal users for section 11 apart from education span the range of local authority responsibilities including social services, business development, housing and environmental health, translation and interpretation services. The Government are presently considering the results of the scrutiny report into section 11 funding and will announce its conclusions in due course.