§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will set out for each local education authority in rank order the expenditure on major discretionary awards per head of adult population for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. FormanThe available information is given in the table and excludes awards made to students by the London residuary body. Trafford and Isles of Scilly, included with Cornwall, made no full value awards.
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Local authority Total expenditure on full value discretionary awards per head of the adult population1 1990–91 (£) North Yorkshire 13.63 Knowsley 9.97 Wandsworth 9.83 Liverpool 7.82 Powys 7.53 Cheshire 6.96 452W
Local authority Total expenditure on full value discretionary awards per head of the adult population1 1990–91 (£) Leicestershire 6.91 Walsall 6.45 Wirral 6.41 Cumbria 6.38 Suffolk 5.78 Devon 5.56 Humberside 5.52 Gloucestershire 5.33 Kirklees 5.26 Lambeth 5.21 Hampshire 5.19 Dorset 5.16 Barnsley 5.13 Redbridge 4.83 Shropshire 4.75 Lancashire 4.73 City of London 4.67 Lewisham 4.50 Hackney 4.37 South Glamorgan 4.34 Gateshead 4.30 Bradford 4.26 Somerset 4.17 Richmond 4.12 Bolton 4.08 Clwyd 4.06 Southwark 4.06 Brent 4.05 Cleveland 4.05 Durham 3.94 Sefton 3.89 Kingston 3.85 Kent 3.83 South Tyneside 3.80 Ealing 3.74 North Tyneside 3.70 West Glamorgan 3.58 Waltham Forest 3.50 Norfolk 3.49 Isle of Wight 3.39 Bury 3.36 Nottinghamshire 3.35 Cambridgeshire 3.33 Tower Hamlets 3.33 Kensington 3.31 Wakefield 3.22 Calderdale 3.19 Bromley 3.11 Lincolnshire 3.03 Wiltshire 2.89 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly2 2.83 Newham 2.79 Northumberland 2.68 Hereford and Worcester 2.66 Leeds 2.66 Oxfordshire 2.63 Northamptonshire 2.56 Hammersmith 2.49 Harrow 2.39 Havering 2.35 Sandwell 2.34 Buckinghamshire 2.33 Gwent 2.32 Birmingham 2.31 Rochdale 2.25 Essex 2.21 Barking 2.15 Enfield 2.15 Bexley 2.09 Greenwich 2.09 Croydon 2.04 Doncaster 1.96 Sutton 1.91
Local authority Total expenditure on full value discretionary awards per head of the adult population1 1990–91 (£) Mid Glamorgan 1.91 Newcastle 1.81 Staffordshire 1.81 Bedfordshire 1.80 Solihull 1.76 Hertfordshire 1.70 Hillingdon 1.68 Westminster 1.64 Oldham 1.64 Surrey 1.62 Derbyshire 1.56 Merton 1.55 Stockport 1.51 Dyfed 1.50 Warwickshire 1.42 East Sussex 1.40 St. Helens 1.39 Tameside 1.39 Rotherham 1.29 Hounslow 1.28 Manchester 1.21 Wolverhampton 1.14 Dudley 1.12 Wigan 1.07 Coventry 1.05 West Sussex 1.01 Sheffield 1.00 Salford 0.84 Haringey 0.72 Barnet 0.56 Islington 0.41 Gwynedd 0.21 Trafford 0.00 Sunderland3 n/a Camden3 n/a Berkshire3 n/a Avon3 n/a Notes:
1 Mid 1989 projections of mid 1991 population aged 16 and over.
2 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly combined because separate population data not available (Isles of Scilly made no full value awards during 1990–91).
3 LEAs unable to supply appropriate information.