HC Deb 07 March 1989 vol 148 cc468-77W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of the local education authorities which, in 1988–89, are expected to spend more than their grant-related expenditure assessment in respect of education; what the amount of such excess spending for each authority will be in cash terms and as a percentage of their total expenditure on education; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Rumbold

The only consistent forecast expenditure available at this stage is from budget returns submitted by authorities on the form RER last year to the Department of the Environment and is therefore provisional: it is given in the table. The expenditure figures include some capital items and specific grants which do not appear within the grant related expenditure assessment.

LEA Budget Expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Overspend
£ million £ million £ million per cent.
Cleveland 199.00 182.46 16.54 8.3
Durham 184.76 169.63 15.13 8.2
Rotherham 85.71 78.72 6.99 8.2
Hertfordshire 302.06 277.78 24.28 8.0
Merton 45.68 42.04 3.65 8.0
Tameside 68.30 62.92 5.39 7.9
Humberside 276.51 254.83 21.67 7.8
Havering 71.50 65.97 5.53 7.7
Nottinghamshire 308.36 286.08 22.28 7.2
Bedfordshire 170.32 158.02 12.30 7.2
Northumberland 92.68 86.14 6.54 7.1
Sutton 47.23 44.07 3.15 6.7
Kingston 36.59 34.26 2.33 6.4
Kirklees 130.73 122.49 8.24 6.3
Isle of Wight 34.58 32.46 2.12 6.1
Wolverhampton 90.20 84.79 5.42 6.0
Gloucestershire 150.69 141.85 8.83 5.9
Barnet 82.88 78.28 4.60 5.6
Oxfordshire 150.71 143.10 7.61 5.0
Northamptonshire 177.21 168.37 8.83 5.0
Stockport 86.05 81.76 4.29 5.0
North Yorkshire 203.06 193.43 9.63 4.7
Cambridge 187.48 178.69 8.79 4.7
Essex 446.37 425.83 20.53 4.6
Leicester 275.63 263.18 12.45 4.5
Lancashire 431.32 412.64 18.67 4.3
Wiltshire 161.08 154.94 6.14 3.8
Cheshire 305.34 293.74 11.60 3.8
Barnsley 65.95 63.51 2.45 3.7
Surrey 261.09 251.51 9.58 3.7
Shropshire 125.31 120.75 4.57 3.6
Enfield 80.65 78.29 2.36 2.9
Bexley 63.96 62.18 1.78 2.8
Trafford 65.30 63.54 1.76 2.7
Bucks 194.82 189.58 5.25 2.7
Oldham 70.36 68.51 1.85 2.6
Staffordshire 304.03 296.29 7.74 2.5
Dudley 88.08 85.95 2.13 2.4
Warwickshire 144.91 141.48 3.44 2.4
Bromley 76.14 74.56 1.58 2.1
Redbridge 63.97 62.66 1.31 2.0
Suffolk 166.77 163.67 3.10 1.9
Dorset 152.84 150.16 2.68 1.8
Sefton 86.44 85.14 1.30 1.5
Hampshire 420.49 415.53 4.96 1.2
Devon 256.60 254.39 2.21 0.9
Bolton 82.74 82.16 0.58 0.7
Solihull 61.10 61.09 0.01 0.0
1 Provisional information based on form RER. The expenditure figures include some capital items and specific grants which do not appear within the grant related expenditure assessment.
2 Block grant is unhypothecated and based on GRE assessment for all services, and local authorities have discretion on how they spend across services.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total annual expenditure on education by local education authorities in each year from 1981–82 to the present, in cash and real terms; whether such figures of total annual expenditure include amounts from sources such as reserves and balances; and if he will make a statement.

£ million
Total recurrent Mandatory awards3 Total capital Total
Cash Real terms Cash Real terms Cash Real terms Cash Real terms
1981–82 8,896 12,005 770 1,039 406 548 10,072 13,592
1982–83 9,598 12,088 669 843 456 575 10,723 13,506
1983–84 10,102 12,169 734 884 469 565 11,305 13,618
1984–85 10,525 12,068 744 853 501 575 11,770 13,496
1985–86 10,912 11,871 710 772 530 577 12,152 13,220
1986–87 12,061 12,697 703 740 574 604 13,338 14,041
1987–881 13,222 13,222 761 761 562 562 14,545 14,545
1988–892 14,214 13,378 803 756 619 580 15,636 14,716

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is provided in the table. The figures for total recurrent spending include movements in and out of reserves. These are not separately identifiable for education spending.

1 The 1987–88 figures incorporate a distribution by sector of total expenditure on education.

2 The 1988–89 figures incorporate a provisional distribution by sector of total current spending by local authorities based on their budgets.

3 Includes payments to public sector higher education institutions as reimbursements of fees for EC students.

Cash prices for the earlier years have been repriced to 1987–88 prices using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.

The capital expenditure figures include expenditure which local authorities have financed from receipts arising from the sale of capital assets and from other sources.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total annual amount of grant-related expenditure in respect of education in each year from 1981–82 to 1989–90, in cash and real terms.

Mrs. Rumbold

The total (the total for grant related expenditure does not include specific grant paid in aid of education expenditure) of grant-related expenditure for education, including school meals, in the years from 1981–82 to 1989–90 is set out in the table.

GREA for education £ million cash £ million at 1987–88 prices
1981–82 9,081 12,254
1982–83 9,893 12,460
1983–84 9,997 12,043
1984–85 10,306 11,817
1985–86 10,727 11,670
1986–87 11,344 11,943
1987–88 12,623 12,623
1988–89 13,472 12,680
1989–90 13,833 12,399

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is available to his Department on the amounts of annual expenditure on education by local education authorities, including expenditure from sources such as reserves and balances; and if he will make a statement.

1987–88 comparison GRE v RER revised outturn expenditure1
LEA Revised outturn expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Overspend
£ million £ million £ million per cent.
ILEA 987.38 593.48 393.89 39.9
Haringey 82.22 60.70 21.52 26.2
Manchester 167.57 125.43 42.13 25.1
Brent 104.70 81.03 23.67 22.6
Waltham Forest 78.80 62.53 16.27 20.6
Newcastle 84.72 67.26 17.46 20.6
North Tyne 61.67 51.00 10.68 17.3
Liverpool 166.52 137.70 28.82 17.3
Hounslow 65.67 55.49 10.19 15.5
Richmond 36.74 31.71 5.02 13.7
Ealing 96.01 82.97 13.03 13.6
South Tyne 49.41 42.70 6.70 13.6
Knowsley 59.39 51.48 6.90 13.3
Walsall 89.83 78.46 11.36 12.6
Sheffield 159.41 139.30 20.10 12.6
Wigan 100.08 87.56 12.51 12.5
Barking 44.52 39.62 4.90 11.0
Cumbria 143.10 127.38 15.72 11.0
Rochdale 67.77 60.51 7.26 10.7
Gateshead 58.34 52.20 6.14 10.5
Salford 69.14 61.88 7.26 10.5
Wakefield 92.68 83.41 9.27 10.0
Bradford 161.88 146.02 15.86 9.8
Harrow 59.34 53.56 5.78 9.7
Croydon 91.69 82.89 8.80 9.6
Derbyshire 275.04 248.80 26.23 9.5

Mrs. Rumbold

Detailed outturn information for local authority expenditure on education is submitted to the Department of the Environment by local authorities on the revenue outturn (RO1) and capital outturn (CO1) forms. The latest year for which full information is available is 1986–87. LEAs are currently submitting RO1 and CO1 forms showing education expenditure in 1987–88. Local education authorities also provide information on their budgeted expenditure on the return of expenditure and rates (RER) form. This is used as the basis for estimating local authority education spending where actual information is not available. The revenue forms do not separately identify education expenditure financed by reserves. The capital forms do enable authorities to show the receipts arising from the sale of capital assets.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of the local education authorities which in 1987–88 spent more than their grant-related expenditure assessment in respect of education; what was the amount of such excess spending for each authority, in cash terms and as a percentage of their total expenditure on education; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is given in the table. The figures for local authorities' expenditure on education are taken from the revised outturns of expenditure as notified by the authorities to the Department of the Environment on form RER. These outturn figures are not necessarily identical to authorities' final education expenditure. The expenditure figures include some capital items and specific grants which do not appear within the grant-related expenditure assessment.

LEA Revised outturn expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Overspend
£ million £ million £ million per cent.
Coventry 99.59 90.09 9.50 9.5
Sandwell 97.54 88.38 9.16 9.4
Calderdale 61.14 55.63 5.51 9.0
Barnet 79.60 72.54 7.07 8.9
Isle of Wight 31.97 29.19 2.78 8.7
Somerset 121.81 111.25 10.56 8.7
Bury 52.03 47.62 4.41 8.5
Hillingdon 63.59 58.23 5.36 8.4
St. Helens 60.11 55.09 5.03 8.4
Avon 245.21 225.01 20.20 8.2
Wolverhampton 87.12 80.07 7.05 8.1
Nottinghamshire 292.09 268.70 23.39 8.0
Doncaster 90.11 82.94 7.17 8.0
Cleveland 185.31 171.68 13.63 7.4
Tameside 63.56 58.97 4.58 7.2
Newham 79.30 73.70 5.60 7.1
Durham 171.51 159.64 11.87 6.9
Leeds 200.69 186.87 13.82 6.9
Bedfordshire 157.41 146.64 10.76 6.8
Kingston 34.21 31.90 2.32 6.8
Humberside 256.75 239.85 16.91 6.6
Havering 66.79 62.93 3.86 5.8
Northumberland 85.49 80.68 4.80 5.6
Kirklees 120.74 114.07 6.66 5.5
Cheshire 289.74 273.82 15.92 5.5
Leicester 260.32 246.06 14.26 5.5
Wirral 99.47 94.17 5.30 5.3
Gloucestershire 139.52 132.77 6.75 4.8
Hertfordshire 277.41 264.07 13.34 4.8
Rotherham 77.35 73.87 3.48 4.5
Sutton 42.94 41.13 1.81 4.2
Stockport 81.05 77.64 3.41 4.2
Oxfordshire 139.95 134.59 5.36 3.8
Northamptonshire 161.25 155.09 6.16 3.8
Lancashire 400.56 386.15 14.41 3.6
Merton 41.12 39.71 1.41 3.4
Barnsley 62.50 60.45 2.05 3.3
Redbridge 59.84 57.98 1.86 3.1
Bexley 60.75 58.93 1.82 3.0
Cambridge 171.06 166.08 4.98 2.9
Shropshire 115.55 112.50 3.05 2.6
North Yorkshire 184.82 179.95 4.87 2.6
Enfield 74.58 72.84 1.74 2.3
Surrey 241.20 235.58 5.62 2.3
Essex 408.55 399.31 9.24 2.3
Buckinghamshire 179.78 175.75 4.03 2.2
Warwickshire 136.28 133.27 3.01 2.2
Oldham 65.75 64.32 1.43 2.2
Sunderland 86.78 84.92 1.86 2.1
Wiltshire 147.41 144.32 3.08 2.1
Staffordshire 285.13 279.42 5.71 2.0
Bromley 71.80 70.54 1.26 1.8
Suffolk 154.56 152.58 1.98 1.3
Sefton 81.59 80.57 1.02 1.3
Dudley 81.74 81.03 0.71 0.9
Trafford 60.27 59.78 0.48 0.8
Hampshire 391.25 388.48 2.78 0.7
Dorset 140.23 139.51 0.72 0.5
1 Provisional information based on form RER. The expenditure figures include some capital items and specific grants which do not appear within the grant related expenditure assessment.
2 Block grant is unhypothecated and based on GRE assessment for all services, and local authorities have discretion on how they spend across services.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of the local education authorities which in 1986–87 spent more than their grant-related expenditure assessments in respect of education; what was the amount of such excess spending for each authority, in cash terms and as a percentage of their total expenditure on education; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information requested is given in the table. The figures for local authorities' expenditure on education are taken from the revised outturns of expenditure as notified by the authorities to the Department of Environment on the form RER. These outturn figures are not necessarily identical to authorities' final education expenditure. The expenditure figures include some capital terms and specific grants which do not appear within the grant-related expenditure assessment.

1986–87 comparison GRE v. RER revised outturn expenditure1
Revised outturn expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Percentage overspend
Local education authority £ million £ million £ million
Inner London education authority 952.47 541.28 411.19 43.2
Haringey 82.18 56.07 26.11 31.8
Manchester 157.14 112.50 44.64 28.4
Brent 97.05 72.71 24.34 25.1
Newcastle 80.24 60.27 19.97 24.9
Waltham Forest 70.20 56.99 13.21 18.8
North Tyne 55.85 45.54 10.31 18.5
Liverpool 154.08 125.74 28.35 18.4
Richmond 35.36 29.02 6.33 17.9
South Tyne 46.98 38.80 8.18 17.4
Hounslow 59.74 49.84 9.90 16.6
Knowsley 57.14 47.71 9.42 16.5
Sheffield 151.22 126.44 24.77 16.4
Newham 77.94 65.47 12.47 16.0
Barking 41.45 35.10 6.34 15.3
Ealing 88.14 76.52 11.62 13.2
Gateshead 54.49 47.55 6.93 12.7
Rochdale 62.24 54.52 6.72 12.4
Wigan 89.62 78.80 10.82 12.1
Derbyshire 251.23 221.23 30.01 11.9
Walsall 81.18 71.76 9.42 11.6
Cumbria 129.77 114.81 14.96 11.5
Bradford 146.73 129.98 16.75 11.4
Wakefield 84.69 75.06 9.63 11.4
Harrow 54.64 48.43 6.21 11.4
Avon 227.54 202.44 25.10 11.0
Calderdale 55.79 49.76 6.02 10.8
Salford 62.80 56.10 6.70 10.7
Sandwell 89.46 79.97 9.50 10.6
Croydon 83.64 75.00 8.63 10.3
Coventry 91.08 81.74 9.34 10.3
Notts 267.61 241.34 26.26 9.8
Doncaster 82.68 74.59 8.09 9.8
St. Helens 55.20 50.09 5.11 9.3
Humberside 238.76 217.01 21.75 9.1
Havering 63.10 57.42 5.68 9.0
Isle of Wight 29.17 26.55 2.62 9.0
Barnsley 59.51 54.27 5.23 8.8
Cleveland 168.90 154.14 14.77 8.7
Bury 46.70 42.72 3.98 8.5
Cheshire 265.25 243.16 22.09 8.3
Tameside 58.14 53.34 4.80 8.3
Wolverhampton 78.57 72.20 6.37 8.1
Hillingdon 57.23 52.66 4.57 8.0
Leeds 182.42 168.41 14.01 7.7
Barnet 72.88 67.32 5.56 7.6
Leicester 237.50 219.69 17.81 7.5
Northumberland 77.04 71.35 5.69 7.4
Rotherham 71.09 66.08 5.01 7.1
Somerset 106.61 99.41 7.20 6.8
Bedfordshire 141.00 131.63 9.37 6.6
Northants 148.41 138.90 9.51 6.4
Bexley 56.42 52.90 3.52 6.2
Hertfordshire 252.07 236.44 15.63 6.2
Sunderland 80.48 75.51 4.97 6.2
Durham 153.20 143.76 9.44 6.2
North Yorkshire 170.31 160.70 9.61 5.6
Kingston 30.43 28.74 1.69 5.6
Lancashire 365.31 345.89 19.43 5.3
Buckinghamshire 163.64 155.23 8.41 5.1
Gloucestershire 125.32 118.89 6.42 5.1
Cambridge 155.39 147.63 7.76 5.0
Redbridge 55.04 52.37 2.67 4.9
Staffordshire 263.99 251.18 12.81 4.9
Shropshire 106.23 101.08 5.15 4.8
Stockport 73.51 70.04 3.48 4.7
Dorset 129.85 124.00 5.85 4.5
Oldham 60.18 57.54 2.64 4.4
Wiltshire 135.00 129.13 5.87 4.3
Sutton 38.97 37.28 1.69 4.3
Essex 374.93 358.97 15.96 4.3
Suffolk 142.37 136.66 5.71 4.0
Bromley 66.40 63.79 2.61 3.9
Enfield 68.17 65.49 2.68 3.9

Revised outturn expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Percentage overspend
Local education authority £ million £ million £ million
Kirklees 106.33 102.30 4.02 3.8
Surrey 221.36 214.14 7.22 3.3
Wirral 87.93 85.23 2.70 3.1
Dudley 75.25 73.14 2.11 2.8
East Sussex 132.25 128.72 3.53 2.7
Oxfordshire 124.25 121.04 3.20 2.6
Hampshire 358.78 349.66 9.12 2.5
Merton 36.78 35.92 0.86 2.3
Warwickshire 122.48 119.63 2.85 2.3
Sefton 73.90 72.38 1.52 2.1
Devon 216.95 212.82 4.13 1.9
Trafford 54.90 54.14 0.76 1.4
Bolton 70.85 69.97 0.87 1.2
Norfolk 161.58 159.90 1.68 1.0
Berkshire 176.42 174.70 1.72 1.0
Solihull 52.89 52.46 0.44 0.8
Birmingham 276.68 275.02 1.66 0.6
Cornwall 103.29 102.83 0.46 0.4

Notes:

1 Provisional information based on form RER. The expenditure figures include some capital items and specific grants which do not appear within the grant related expenditure assessment.

2 Block grant is unhypothecated and based on GRE assessment for all services, and local authorities have discretion on how they spend across services.

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