§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what was the total expenditure, in each local education authority, for major discretionary awards in the last available financial year;
(2) how many local education authorities did not give major discretionary awards to students in the last financial year.
§ Mr. FormanThe available information is shown in the table. Three LEAs—Avon, Berkshire and Sunderland—were unable to provide information; one—Camden—made 149 discretionary awards at 50 to 100 per cent. of the mandatory rate; and two—Trafford and Isles of Scilly—made no such awards.
682W
Academic year 1990–91 Discretionary awards paid at 50 to 100 per cent, of mandatory rate total expenditure on fees and maintenance Local authority Total expenditure £ City of London 18,798 Camden n/a Greenwich 353,670 Hackney 645,103 Hammersmith 307,388 Islington 57,013 Kensington 363,340 Lambeth 984,677 Lewisham 807,683 Southwark 709,091 Tower Hamlets 430,447 Wandsworth 2,011,917 Westminster 243,983 ILEA 6,252,653 Barking 248,514 Barnet 137,877 Bexley 365,139 Brent 810,816 Bromley 767,568 Croydon 515,467 Ealing 869,155 Enfield 456,151 Haringey 105,806 Harrow 371,725 Havering 439,685 Hillingdon 317,122 Hounslow 199,896 683W
Local authority Total expenditure £ Kingston 434,735 Merton 202,681 Newham 445,621 Redbridge 907,650 Richmond 559,539 Sutton 259,318 Waltham Forest 580,722 Birmingham 1,776,135 Coventry 248,311 Dudley 275,699 Sandwell 543,469 Solihull 289,691 Walsall 1,343,472 Wolverhampton 223,502 Knowsley 1,179,233 Liverpool 2,806,557 St. Helens 209,906 Sefton 931,970 Wirral 1,709,108 Bolton 849,613 Bury 470,671 Manchester 417,897 Oldham 281,725 Rochdale 364,178 Salford 154,132 Stockport 352,327 Tameside 240,561 Trafford 0 Wigan 262,426 Barnsley 908,022 Doncaster 455,264 Rotherham 259,742 Sheffield 427,225 Bradford 1,535,646 Calderdale 500,408 Kirklees 1,550,050 Leeds 1,511,568 Wakefield 806,997 Gateshead 710,585 Newcastle 402,324 North Tyneside 571,188 South Tyneside 471,657 Sunderland n/a Isles of Scilly 0 Clwyd 1,354,949 Dyfed 434,253 Gwent 827,120 Gwnedd 40,344 Mid Glamorgan 810,978 Powys 726,730 South Glamorgan 1,401,259 West Glamorgan 1,039,103 Bedfordshire 755,605 Buckinghamshire 1,188,107 Cambridgeshire 1,769,427 Cheshire 5,361,145 Cleveland 1,732,699 Cornwall 1,083,959 Cumbria 2,577,192 Derbyshire 1,169,704 Devon 4,739,157 Dorset 2,856,554 Durham 1,876,144 Essex 2,737,523 Gloucestershire 2,297,285 Hampshire 6,466,014 Hereford and Worcester 1,455,101 Hertfordshire 1,341,536 Humberside 3,772,527 Isle of Wight 367,022 Kent 4,698,803 Lancashire 5,251,306 Leicestershire 4,925,489 Lincolnshire 1,463,177 Norfolk 2,153,400 North Yorkshire 8,114,410
Local authority Total expenditure £ Northamptonshire 1,186,418 Northumberland 655,407 Nottinghamshire 2,739,570 Oxfordshire 1,230,249 Shropshire 1,550,763 Somerset 1,573,456 Staffordshire 1,510,034 Suffolk 2,969,060 Surrey 1,305,778 Warwickshire 553,503 West Sussex 591,123 Wiltshire 1,308,156 Avon n/a Berkshire n/a Total 141,997,949
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what action can be taken by students, in local education authorities where major discretionary awards have been cut or withdrawn, in order to finance non-degree or degree equivalent courses; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what steps he will take to ensure an equitable availability of major discretionary awards between local education authorities.
§ Mr. FormanIt is for each local education authority to determine its own policies and expenditure on discretionary awards in the light of local needs and priorities. The local authority grant settlement for 1992–93 allowed for a substantial increase in overall education spending. Students who are unsuccessful in obtaining discretionary awards may seek help from, for example, their institutions' access funds, sponsors such as employers, educational trusts or other sources.