HC Deb 14 October 1991 vol 196 cc68-74W
Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list local education authorities in rank order by the proportion of the potential schools budget held back in 1991–92, showing in each case the proportion held back in 1990–91.

2. Mr. Fallon

[pursuant to his reply, 17 July, c. 177.]: The information requested is contained in the tables which follow. Also included is a list of local education authorities showing the proportion of their schools budgets which is allocated with reference to the number and ages of pupils at the schools.

(1) Local Education Authority (2) PSB delegated to schools (3) PSB not delegated per Pupil 1991–92 £ (4) Central administration as proportion of PSB (5) Schools with delegated budgets 1991–92 percentage
1991–92 percentage (1990–91) percentage 1991–92 percentage (1990–91) percentage
4 Bolton 88.31 (89.10) 200 2.06 (2.02) 100
5 Northumberland 88.16 (86.54) 170 2.37 (3.10) 45
6 Manchester 88.03 (—) 210 3.54 (—) 95
7 Sefton 87.86 (87.44) 210 2.71 (4.45) 44
8 Berkshire 87.68 (87.68) 210 2.78 (2.71) 43
9 West Sussex 87.67 (87.49) 190 2.09 (1.95) 60
10 Suffolk 87.56 (85.66) 220 .78 (2.75) 47
11 Cambridge 87.45 (80.75) 200 2.03 (4.82) 15
12 Cheshire 87.35 (84.31) 210 1.71 (5.15) 47
13 Devon 87.14 (83.11) 210 2.53 (3.06) 34
14 Warwickshire 86.72 (85.24) 210 3.19 (3.90) 26
15 Bradford 86.68 (86.04) 230 3.55 (3.87) 100
16 Buckinghamshire 86.58 (84.88) 220 3.55 (4.58) 37
17 Bromley 86.27 (80.70) 260 4.39 (4.49) 67
18 Leeds 86.26 (86.12) 250 4.22 (3.87) 0
19 Hertfordshire 86.19 (—) 240 3.81 (—) 0
20 Hampshire 86.11 (85.78) 240 3.16 (3.34) 57
21 Shropshire 86.09 (84.60) 250 2.00 (2.48) 17
22 Salford 86.03 (84.37) 230 2.64 (3.19) 54
23 Northamptonshire 86.01 (84.74) 240 2.23 (3.69) 37
24 South Tyneside 85.94 (83.76) 230 2.06 (4.20) 35
25 Sheffield 85.92 (82.61) 250 3.26 (3.49) 32
26 Barnsley 85.91 (83.38) 220 2.88 (2.86) 12
27 Kent 85.84 (84.87) 230 4.61 (3.79) 100
28 Wirral 85.73 (—) 230 2.59 (—) 54
29 Solihull 85.59 (85.31) 250 1.93 (2.49) 99
30 Walsall 85.50 (85.72) 250 3.40 (3.37) 0
31 Somerset 85.48 (82.91) 260 2.69 (3.58) 34
32 Calderdale 85.46 (81.86) 230 2.39 (4.84) 0
33 Lincolnshire 85.46 (85.13) 250 2.21 (2.68) 47
34 Rotherham 85.43 (86.13) 250 3.76 (3.74) 10
35 Cumbria 85.41 (82.53) 250 3.02 (4.04) 62
36 East Sussex 85.37 (84.09) 240 2.20 (2.42) 24
37 Bury 85.31 (81.92) 250 2.00 (4.70) 22
38 Barking 85.20 (87.01) 270 3.27 (3.34) 50
39 Dorset 85.16 (81.85) 240 3.72 (4.71) 45
40 Sutton 85.15 (83.44) 260 3.84 (4.05) 52
41 Havering 85.09 (83.87) 280 1.93 (2.28) 69
42 Essex 85.08 (84.03) 250 3.52 (4.11) 37
see Footnote 2
43 Kirklees 84.96 (83.38) 250 3.65 (3.98) 0
44 Westminster 84.88 (77.96) 370 5.59 (8.20) 100
45 Merton 84.86 (79.79) 300 3.33 (7.86) 100
46 Staffordshire 84.84 (84.61) 250 410 (4.51) 19
47 Enfield 84.68 (81.50) 290 3.69 (5.56) 54
48 Oxfordshire 84.68 (81.37) 290 2.85 (5.46) 63
49 Surrey 84.61 (85.57) 270 4.85 (6.17) 68
50 Humberside 84.60 (81.71) 270 3.01 (3.57) 48
51 North Tyneside 84.55 (82.30) 270 3.99 (5.03) 35
52 St. Helens 84.53 (83.27) 260 3.65 (3.69) 0
53 Gloucestershire 84.47 (86.78) 240 3.37 (3.65) 13
54 Dudley 84.47 (83.98) 260 3.64 (3.62) 0
55 Norfolk 84.37 (83.62) 270 3.35 (4.05) 29
56 Kingston 84.35 (78.46) 310 4.11 (7.09) 61
57 Wakefield 84.28 (82.87) 260 1.49 (2.98) 20
58 Leicestershire 84.28 (—) 280 2.89 (—) 35
59 North Yorkshire 84.16 (82.62) 270 2.37 (4.15) 31
60 Doncaster 84.00 (85.45) 280 2.29 (2.29) 30
61 Hereford/Worcester 83.99 (—) 270 3.18 (—) 13
62 Derbyshire 83.97 (83.37) 270 3.04 (2.96) 8
63 Nottinghamshire 83.96 (82.72) 270 3.41 (5.24) 27
64 Cornwall 83.95 (83.57) 240 3.52 (3.72) 44
65 Trafford 83.94 (84.38) 250 3.68 (3.49) 58
66 Gateshead 83.92 (83.29) 280 2.99 (3.01) 69
67 Hillingdon 83.91 (—) 290 6.17 (—) 100
68 Tameside 83.80 (84.40) 270 2.16 (2.47) 0
69 Haringey 83.77 (79.36) 350 4.78 (6.04) 34
70 Isle of Wight 83.75 (82.48) 280 1.92 (4.68) 33
71 Barnet 83.68 (84.36) 310 4.96 (5.07) 70
72 Brent 83.52 (83.63) 370 4.32 (4.82) 100
73 Birmingham 83.41 (83.04) 280 3.85 (4.36) 35
74 Cleveland 83.37 (83.63) 280 4.64 (5.56) 55
75 Bedfordshire 83.29 (84.02) 300 3.66 (3.91) 82
76 Wiltshire 83.26 (82.35) 280 3.18 (3.92) 23
(1) Local Education Authority (2) PSB delegated to schools (3) PSB not delegated per Pupil 1991–92 £ (4) Central administration as proportion of PSB (5) Schools with delegated budgets 1991–92 percentage
1991–92 percentage (1990–91) percentage 1991–92 percentage (1990–91) percentage
77 Hounslow 83.26 (81.59) 330 4.46 (5.19) 97
78 Knowsley 83.24 (81.91) 300 4.99 (5.07) 51
79 Isles of Scilly 83.17 (—) 550 6.41 (—) 20
80 Oldham 83.14 (81.64) 280 4.53 (4.98) 0
81 Redbridge 83.13 (82.71) 280 5.10 (4.91) 37
82 Wigan 83.03 (83.28) 300 4.18 (3.70) 46
83 Ealing 82.92 (81.66) 340 5.86 (6.33) 38
84 Liverpool 82.92 (84.91) 320 4.65 (4.07) 0
85 Avon 82.78 (82.30) 300 3.87 (3.40) 36
86 Coventry 82.76 (80.93) 300 4.37 (6.00) 100
87 Sandwell 82.74 (83.24) 320 4.51 (3.75) 24
88 Lancashire 82.74 (82.66) 300 3.46 (3.65) 19
89 Richmond 82.58 (79.98) 330 4.82 (6.91) 100
90 Harrow 82.45 (81.52) 320 5.05 (5.76) 100
91 Newcastle 82.38 (79.76) 320 5.09 (6.12) 0
92 Durham 82.16 (83.13) 310 4.79 (4.35) 34
93 Wolverhampton 81.55 (81.77) 350 5.35 (5.26) 49
94 Bexley 81.32 (81.33) 330 5.06 (4.61) 30
95 Croydon 81.00 (—) 380 4.15 (—) 6.3
96 Waltham Forest 80.22 (79.65) 400 6.60 (7.02) 53
97 Newham 79.46 (—) 450 5.94 (—) 55
National Averages 84.89 (83.76) 260 3.43 (4.06) 40
Footnotes to table showing the extent of delegation.

1. 97 local education authorities (LEAs) currently have LMS schemes in operation, and are required to publish budget statements under Section 42 of the Education Reform Act. The LEAs are ranked according to the percentage of funds delegated to schools, with those delegating more at the top of the ranking order. Schemes for 12 inner London LEAs other than Westminster are due to be submitted by 30 September and are due to come into operation on 1 April 1992.

The potential schools budget (PSB) consists of the major part of the general schools budget (GSB)—ie the GSB less expenditure on certain excepted items: capital expenditure; expenditure supported by central government grants; and expenditure on school meals, home to school transport and transitional exceptions (eg grounds maintenance). The amount which the schools themselves decide how to spend, as a proportion of the PSB, is a percentage used as an indicator of the extent to which LEAs have delegated resources to their schools. A new requirement from 1993 (1995 for inner London authorities) is that this percentage should be a minimum of 85%. The percentage for last year 1990–91 is given in brackets. Where a figure is not given in brackets the LMS scheme was not in operation last year.

3. The proportion of the PSB held back by each LEA (ie not delegated to schools) expressed as a cash amount per pupil—rounded to the nearest £10. Pupil numbers have in most cases been taken from LEAs' Section 42 statements. Where pupil numbers are not provided in the Section 42 statement they are taken from the latest statistical information available to the Department, ie the January 1990 Form 7 returns.

4. Expenditure on central administration-one of the discretionary exceptions included in the PSB—expressed as a percentage of the PSB. Last year's percentage is given in brackets.

5. The percentage of each LEA's schools which have fully delegated management of their budget and associated staffing powers.

Note: The percentages stated may differ from the percentages calculated by individual LEAs because of the effects of rounding.

Table: Percentage of Aggregated Schools Budget (ASB) Based on Pupil Numbers and Ages (1991–92)
(1) Local Education Authority (2) Pupil-Led Funding as a Percentage of ASB
1991–92 (1990–91)
1 Isles of Scilly 93.21 (—)
2 Dudley 90.00 (85.72)
3 Lincolnshire 88.51 (87.25)
4 Barking 88.36 (86.73)
5 South Tyneside 88.33 (86.93)
6 Gateshead 87.04 (84.36)
7 Wigan 86.40 (84.35)
8 Bolton 86.16 (85.73)
9 Northumberland 86.07 (85.49)
10 Brent 86.01 (77.81)
11 Bexley 85.39 (84.40)
12 Tameside 85.33 (85.57)
13 Kent 84.93 (83.72)
14 Oldham 84.69 (84.77)
15 Trafford 84.40 (83.28)
16 Redbridge 840.0 (89.30)
17 Sefton 83.79 (83.33)
18 Cornwall 83.75 (80.93)
19 Coventry 83.57 (83.52)
(1) Local Education Authority (2) Pupil-Led Funding as a Percentage of ASB
1991–92 (1990–91)
20 Knowsley 83.50 (75.00)
21 Harrow 83.49 (83.83)
22 Westminster 83.32 (84.20)
23 Leicestershire 83.19 (—)
24 Calderdale 83.19 (82.17)
25 Avon 82.91 (82.30)
26 Bromley 82.83 (84.99)
27 Devon 82.78 (82.64)
28 Northamptonshire 82.62 (82.19)
29 Rotherham 82.57 (81.79)
30 Suffolk 82.29 (82.57)
31 West Sussex 82.29 (82.13)
32 Sunderland 82.25 (80.69)
33 Manchester 82.14 (—)
34 Salford 82.02 (81.69)
35 North Yorkshire 82.02 (85.51)
36 Barnsley 81.98 (82.80)
37 Hereford/Worcester 81.95 (—)
38 Isle of Wight 81.85 (81.62)
39 Solihull 81.70 (82.29)
40 Newcastle 81.66 (80.66)
(1)Local Education Authority (2) Pupil-Led Funding as a Percentage of ASB
1991–92 (1990–91)
41 Waltham Forest 81.66 (81.99)
42 Wiltshire 81.56 (81.00)
43 Bury 81.42 (81.45)
44 Cambridgeshire 81.00 (82.34)
45 Gloucestershire 80.64 (83.22)
46 Sutton 80.53 (80.29)
47 Ealing 80.53 (80.62)
48 Humberside 80.42 (81.97)
49 Enfield 80.40 (79.21)
50 Cleveland 80.33 (81.43)
51 Stockport 80.31 (—)
52 Leeds 80.26 (78.90)
53 Croydon 80.22 (—)
54 Durham 80.20 (80.40)
55 Cheshire 80.16 (77.78)
56 Liverpool 80.00 (75.00)
57 Rochdale 80.00 (75.00)
See footnote 2
58 Dorset 79.94 (79.03)
59 Newham 79.85 (—)
60 Richmond 79.79 (77.26)
61 Lancashire 79.60 (—)
62 Wirral 79.55 (—)
63 Staffordshire 79.34 (84.00)
64 Berkshire 79.31 (79.68)
65 Somerset 79.09 (79.99)
66 Buckinghamshire 79.06 (79.73)
67 Sandwell 79.03 (74.94)
68 Warwickshire 79.02 (79.89)
69 Cumbria 78.83 (75.62)
70 Birmingham 78.69 (78.63)
71 Bedfordshire 78.50 (77.00)
72 North Tyneside 78.00 (78.00)
73 Merton 77.99 (78.36)
74 Hillingdon 77.93 (—)
75 Walsall 77.87 (78.19)
76 Shropshire 77.86 (77.91)
77 Hounslow 77.82 (81.42)
78 Bradford 77.66 (78.51)
79 Oxfordshire 77.60 (75.61)
80 Haringey 77.37 (78.25)
81 Sheffield 77.30 (77.19)
82 Kirklees 77.27 (78.17)
83 Barnet 76.86 (75.19)
84 Kingston 76.67 (76.84)
85 Doncastcr 76.66 (75.38)
86 Surrey 76.58 (74.91)
87 Essex 76.56 (77.05)
88 St. Helens 76.50 (75.00)
89 Hampshire 76.35 (76.63)
90 Nottinghamshire 76.34 (—)
91 East Sussex 76.29 (77.41)
92 Wakefield 75.76 (75.29)
93 Hertfordshire 75.33 (—)
94 Derbyshire 75.32 (76.04)
95 Norfolk 75.31 (75.99)
96 Havering 75.09 (75.36)
97 Wolverhampton 74.88 (75.00)
National averages 80.16
Footnotes to table showing the extent of pupil-led funding
1. The LEAs are ranked according to how much the funds delegated to schools have been allocated on the basis of pupil numbers and ages, with those allocating a greater percentage of pupil-led funding at the top of the ranking order.
2. The aggregated schools budget (ASB) is that part of the potential schools budget which is delegated to the school level. The current requirement is that at least 75 per cent. of an LEA's ASB is based on pupil numbers and ages. From 1993 (1995 for inner London authorities) the minimum percentage will be raised to 80 per cent. The percentage of pupil-led funding in 1990–91 is given in brackets. Where a figure is not given in brackets, either the LMS scheme was not in

operation last year or the relevant information was not contained in the LEA's budget statement.

Note: The percentages may differ from the percentages calculated by the individual LEAs because of the effects of rounding.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the amount of the budget for repairs in state schools is determined.

Mr. Fallon

It is the responsibility of LEAs and, under local management of schools, their schools, to determine the pattern of their recurrent spending, including the level of expenditure on repairs. LEAs are also responsible for deciding on the level of capital spending for county and voluntary controlled schools. In the case of voluntary aided and special agreement schools, the Secretary of State determines a level of provision for repairs from within central government grant, based on anticipated expenditure by governors on repairs. Grant maintained schools themselves determine the level of expenditure on repairs within their recurrent budgets. Grant maintained schools also receive a formla allocation for minor capital projects including repairs. In addition grant maintained schools may hid to the Department for major repair projects.

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