§ 27. Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of local education authority budgets is on average spent on the provision of central services and administration; and which authorities are the three highest and the three lowest in this respect.
§ Mr. FallonThe latest information available relates to LEA spending on excepted items under local management of schools. According to authorities' budget statements, the average percentage of the LMS potential schools budget which is being withheld from schools in 1990–91, is some 16.2 per cent. Those budgeting to spent the highest percentages of the potential schools budget on discretionary excepted items are Westminster, 22 per cent., Kingston upon Thames, 21.5 per cent., and Haringey, 20.6 per cent. Those budgeting to spend the lowest percentages—so delegating the highest percentages to schools—are Bolton, 10.9 per cent., Berkshire, 12.3 per cent., and West Sussex, 12.5 per cent. Comparable information is not available for the FE or other education sectors.