§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the value for each local education authority, in 1990 prices, of discretionary awards for the years 1979–80, 1984–85 and the latest available year.
§ 2. Mr. EggarThe data requested are shown in the table.
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£ thousands Local education authority 1979–80 1984–85 1988–89 Barking 310 520 546 Barnet 1,412 1,039 493 Bexley 656 758 363 Brent 2,268 3,752 2,819 Bromley 905 714 805 Croydon 810 771 948 Ealing 1,518 943 1,425 Enfield 572 458 556 Haringey 85 1,158 2— Harrow 742 537 518 Havering 806 537 514 Hillingdon 897 654 485 Hounslow 563 362 228 Kingston upon Thames 327 189 203 Merton 375 201 345 Newham 513 1,050 885 Redbridge 951 631 440 Richmond upon Thames 830 641 646 Sutton 663 386 307 Waltham Forest 760 593 753 ILEA 17,703 19,635 18,962 Birmingham 1,698 1,022 1,653 Coventry 972 1,077 650 385W
Local education authority 1979–80 1984–85 1988–89 Dudley 509 551 1— Sandwell 658 849 1,010 Solihull 414 313 431 Walsall 585 366 1,202 Wolverhampton 377 479 384 Knowsley 959 1,528 1,111 Liverpool 2,213 2,914 2,689 St. Helens 295 312 744 Sefton 635 673 672 Wirral 1,035 1,643 1,445 Bolton 1,109 1,315 1,063 Bury 871 955 1,225 Manchester 2,764 2,026 2— Oldham 390 782 838 Rochdale 619 414 732 Salford 972 1,160 780 Stockport 1,271 618 1,085 Tameside 468 437 360 Trafford 600 576 884 Wigan 814 225 415 Barnsley 611 739 1,229 Doncaster 788 865 778 Rotherham 1— 323 116 Sheffield 1,661 2,600 4,178 Bradford 2,207 2,306 2,702 Calderdale 487 490 555 Kirklees 1,403 2,438 2,738 Leeds 1,852 1,881 2,999 Wakefield 457 987 2— Gateshead 490 408 501 Newcastle upon Tyne 788 478 460 North Tyneside 905 1,158 1,049 South Tyneside 383 435 650 Sunderland 881 1,447 1,397 Isles of Scilly 50 1 1 Avon 2,479 3,732 5,228 Bedfordshire 1,245 1,021 1,380 Berkshire 1,451 2,060 2,748 Buckinghamshire 1,670 1,512 1,676 Cambridgeshire 1,514 1,576 1,560 Cheshire 2,967 4,196 4,600 Cleveland 1,321 2,577 3,397 Cornwall 1,765 508 2,316 Cumbria 1,479 2,197 3,013 Derbyshire 1,910 3,364 2,932 Devon 3,920 4,773 5,077 Dorset 2,278 3,222 4,014 Durham 728 1,487 1,693 East Sussex 3,387 1,094 1,265 Essex 12,925 4,519 4,190 Gloucestershire 2,569 2,999 2,857 Hampshire 6,662 4,836 6,172 Hereford and Worcester 1,559 1,554 1,310 Hertfordshire 3,589 3,212 3,694 Humberside 3,309 4,526 4,456 Isle of Wight 468 476 481 Kent 6,081 1— 4,787 Lancashire 3,725 7,221 6,748 Leicestershire 2,276 4,696 5,691 Lincolnshire 1,254 2,401 2,340 Norfolk 3,433 2,754 2,693 North Yorkshire 3,924 6,747 4,572 Northamptonshire 1,720 1,352 1,085 Northumberland 1,185 1,473 591 Nottinghamshire 3,671 5,776 4,408 Oxfordshire 1,605 1,323 1,715 Shropshire 1,503 1,721 1,813 Somerset 1,133 961 1,460 Staffordshire 279 2,913 2,820 Suffolk 2,296 2,403 2,323
Local education authority 1979–80 1984–85 1988–89 Surrey 4,020 2,121 1,912 Warwickshire 1,795 1,661 1,487 West Susses 2,064 1,323 40 Wiltshire 1,962 2,397 1,919 Notes to table:
1. The data are based on ROI spending returns submitted by local authorities in England to the Department of the Environment.
1 denotes cases in which authorities did not enter a sum on their spending returns. 2 denotes that data are not available because no spending return was received.
3. The data relate to spending on discretionary awards as currently categorised for the purpose of the spending returns, that is, spending on awards made under Section 1(6) or Section 2 of the Education Act 1962 (as amended) other than awards to 16–19 year olds.
4. The data have been repriced to 1990–91 prices using the current GDP deflators.