HC Deb 08 June 1992 vol 209 cc37-9W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a table showing, for each local education authority with an approved LMS scheme(a) the percentage of the aggregated schools budget that is distributed by the age-weighted pupil numbers and (b) the ratio of the relevant age-weightings expressed in six bands of pupil ages—for pupils aged under five years, pupils in each of the four key stages and sixth-form pupils—with pupils in key stage 2 representing 1 in each ratio.

Mr. Forth

Figures on pupil-led funding for 1991–92 are contained in the table. Figures for 1992–93 are not yet available, but I will write to the hon. Member when our analysis of the data received from local education authorities is complete. The information on each authority's age-weightings could be collated only at disproportionate cost.

Percentage of aggregated schools budget (ASB) based on pupil numbers and ages (1991–92)
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Local Education Authority 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 86.00 (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. Bromley 84.43 (84.99)
16. Trafford 84.40 (83.28)
17. Redbridge 84.00 (89.30)
18. Sefton 83.79 (83.33)
19. Cornwall 83.75 (80.93)
20. Coventry 83.57 (83.52)
21. Knowsley 83.50 (75.00)
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Local Education Authority Pupil-LED funding as a percentage of ASB
1991–92 (1990–91)
22. Harrow 83.49 (83.83)
23. Westminster 83.32 (84.20)
24. Leicestershire 83.19 (—)
25. Calderdale 83.19 (82.17)
26. Avon 82.91 (82.30)
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)
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. Doncaster 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
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Local Education Authority Pupil-LED funding as a percentage of ASB
1991–92 (1990–91)
96. Havering 75.09 (75.36)
97. Wolverhampton 774.88 (75.00)
National averages 80.17

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