§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is the current intention to provide revenue support grant for education services in the inner London boroughs when they assume responsibilities for the Inner London Education Authority in April 1990; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldIn 1990–91 central Government grant will be available for distribution among all local authorities in England, including the inner London boroughs, to support expenditure on all the services for which they are responsible.
1988–89 comparison GRE v RER budget expenditure1 LEA Budget Expenditure Education GRE2 Overspend Overspend £ million £ million £ million per cent. ILEA 997.87 635.21 362.66 36.3 Newcastle 89.83 71.19 18.64 20.8 Manchester 163.41 133.45 29.96 18.3 Waltham Forest 80.18 66.02 14.16 17.7 Haringey 77.46 63.96 13.51 17.4 Liverpool 173.62 144.94 28.68 16.5 South Tyne 53.14 44.52 8.62 16.2 Hounslow 71.18 60.19 10.99 15.4 Walsall 97.17 83.36 13.81 14.2 Ealing 102.95 88.64 14.32 13.9 Salford 74.55 64.53 10.02 13.4 Sandwell 108.23 93.70 14.53 13.4 Barking 47.61 41.36 6.25 13.1 North Tyne 61.76 53.84 7.92 12.8 Gateshead 62.57 54.55 8.02 12.8 Wakefield 100.32 87.97 12.35 12.3 Hillingdon 70.90 62.23 8.67 12.2 Knowsley 62.24 54.75 7.49 12.0 Wigan 105.38 92.71 12.67 12.0 Rochdale 73.12 64.42 8.70 11.9 Richmond 38.54 34.01 4.53 11.8 Croydon 99.21 87.71 11.50 11.6 St. Helens 65.97 58.34 7.63 11.6 Bury 57.18 50.61 6.58 11.5 Bradford 175.14 155.55 19.59 11.2 Derbyshire 298.14 264.91 33.24 11.1 Newham 88.03 79.20 8.82 10.0 Somerset 132.71 119.51 13.20 9.9 Wirral 110.74 99.73 11.01 9.9 Cumbria 150.30 135.40 14.90 9.9 Coventry 106.07 95.93 10.14 9.6 Avon 266.62 241.31 25.31 9.5 Harrow 63.64 57.68 5.95 9.4 Brent 96.38 87.57 8.81 9.1 Doncaster 95.67 86.93 8.74 9.1 Calderdale 65.10 59.19 5.91 9.1 Sheffield 161.13 146.69 14.45 9.0 Leeds 214.16 196.08 18.09 8.4