HC Deb 10 December 1991 vol 200 cc409-10W
Mr. Ralph Howell

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total inputs into training(a) by the Government and (b) by employers, in Britain, for the year 1986–87, and for the latest year for which figures are available on the same basis as the Department of Employment press notice of 30 October 1991.

Mr. Jackson

It is estimated that the financial input, including earnings forgone by individuals, into vocational

Table one: The extent of LEAs' delegation to schools (1991–92)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Local education authority PSB delegated to schools PSB not delegated per pupil 1991–92 Central administration as proportion of PSB
(per cent.) (per cent.) (£) (per cent.) (per cent.)
1. Stockport 88.69 (—) 200 3.15 (—)
2. Rochdale 88.46 (85.74) 180 2.37 (2.55)
3. Sunderland 88.40 (86.86) 190 2.15 (3.10)
4. Bolton 88.31 (89.10) 200 2.06 (2.02)
5. Northumberland 88.16 (86.54) 170 2.37 (3.10)
6. Manchester 88.03 (—) 210 3.54 (—)
7. Sefton 87.86 (87.44) 210 2.71 (4.45)
8. Berkshire 87.68 (87.68) 210 2.78 (2.71)
9. West Sussex 87.67 (87.49) 190 2.09 (1.95)
10. Suffolk 87.56 (85.66) 220 0.78 (2.75)
11. Cambridgeshire 87.45 (80.75) 200 2.03 (4.82)
12. Cheshire 87.35 (84.31) 210 1.71 (5.15)
13. Devon 87.14 (83.11) 210 2.53 (3.06)
14. Warwickshire 86.72 (85.24 210 3.19 (3.90)
15. Bradford 86.68 (86.04) 230 3.55 (3.87)
16. Buckinghamshire 86.58 (84.88) 220 3.55 (4.58)
17. Leeds 86.26 (86.12) 250 4.22 (3.87)
18. Hertfordshire 86.19 (—) 240 3.81 (—)
19. Hampshire 86.11 (85.78) 240 3.16 (3.34)
20. Shropshire 86.09 (84.60) 250 2.00 (2.48)
21. Salford 86.03 (84.37) 230 2.64 (3.19)
22. Northamptonshire 86.01 (84.74) 240 2.23 (3.69)
23. South Tyneside 85.94 (83.76) 230 2.06 (4.20)
24. Sheffield 85.92 (82.61) 250 3.26 (3.49)
25. Barnsley 85.91 (83.38) 220 2.88 (2.86)
26. Kent 85.84 (84.87) 230 4.61 (3.79)
27. Wirral 85.73 (—) 230 2.59 (—)
28. Solihull 85.59 (85.31) 250 1.93 (2.49)
29. Walsall 85.50 (85.72) 250 3.40 (3.37)

education and training in Britain in 1986–87 was £33 billion. Of this, £7 billion was attributable to the government and £18 billion to employers. Comparable figures for later years are not available, although evidence suggests that employers' expenditure has risen and now exceeds £20 billion a year.

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