§ Mr. BowisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allocations will be made to local education authorities to support the activities of the Workers Educational Association under the education support grant programme for 1990–91; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonMy Department is today writing to local education authorities in England to inform them of the level of expenditure which I have approved for the WEA activity in the education support grants (ESG) programme for 1990–91. The information is shown in the table.
A total of 102 authorities have submitted bids for this ESG, out of a total of 107 that were invited to do so. This is a most encouraging result, which demonstrates the support of the local education authorities for the Workers Educational Association. It confirms the willingness of statutory and voluntary providers to work in partnership to assist the better overall planning of adult education locally. 327W
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Local education authorities Expenditure (£) Barking 690 Barnet 9,445 Bexley 6,920 Brent 1,125 Bromley 6,920 Croydon 1,210 Ealing 1,820 Enfield 1,905 Haringey 695 Harrow 7,555 Havering 810 Hillingdon 3,645 Hounslow 1,125 Kingston upon Thames 1,905 Merton 1,210 Newham 1,125 Redbridge 2,020 Richmond upon Thames 3,035 Sutton 1,125 Waltham Forest 605 Camden 17,810 Greenwich 430 Hackney 1,735 Hammersmith and Fulham 430 Islington 430 Lambeth 650 Lewisham 430 Southwark 1,515 Tower Hamlets 865 Birmingham 9,415 Coventry 15,695 Dudley 3,135 Sandwell 3,135 Walsall 6,280 Wolverhampton 5,480 Knowsley 3,255 Liverpool 29,340 St. Helens 3,255 Sefton 4,070 Wirral 7,330 Bolton 9,375 Bury 1,485 Manchester 12,550 Oldham 3,720 Rochdale 3,500 Salford 3,060 Stockport 7,470 Tameside 3,000 Trafford 9,625 Wigan 2,922 Barnsley 4,450 Doncaster 3,505 Rotherham 9,680 Sheffield 18,455 Bradford 6,505 Calderdale 2,395 Kirklees 3,990 Leeds 16,500 Wakefield 4,070 Gateshead 3,290 Newcastle upon Tyne 9,870 North Tyneside 3,375 South Tyneside 2,665 Sunderland 10,615 Avon 24,345 Bedfordshire 5,305 Berkshire 20,025 Buckinghamshire 21,455 Cambridgeshire 11,375 Cheshire 23,405 Cleveland 11,630 Cornwall 17,355 Cumbria 23,925 Derbyshire 27,753 Devon 40,500 Dorset 12,340 Durham 16,445
Local education authorities Expenditure (£) East Sussex 10,835 Essex 26,980 Gloucestershire 11,830 Hampshire 31,000 Hereford and Worcester 12,555 Hertfordshire 16,760 Humberside 18,125 Isle of Wight 1,075 Kent 24,500 Lancashire 21,320 Leicestershire 19,840 Lincolnshire 18,845 Norfolk 10,615 North Yorkshire 27,580 Northamptonshire 6,065 Northumberland 6,545 Nottinghamshire 40,215 Oxfordshire 30,040 Somerset 7,610 Staffordshire 13,340 Suffolk 12,890 Surrey 6,340 Warwickshire 5,180 West Sussex 18,665 Wiltshire 19,720