§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each local education authority, in the last year for which figures are available,(a) the budgeted expenditure and (b) the standard spending assessment for (i) under-fives, (ii) five to 11, (iii) 11 to 16 and (iv) post-16 education.
§ Mr. ForthReliable information on local education authorities' budgeted expenditure is available nationally only at the level of their overall education budgets and is taken from their own returns to the Department of the Environment. For the purpose of determining standard spending assessments, the education component of standard spending, net of specific grants, is divided into five sub-blocks—under fives, 5–10, 11–15, 16+; and other education. The figures for local authorities' education budgets for 1992–93, together with the figures for their overall education standard spending assessments, are set out in the table.
For several reasons, it is necessary to be cautious when drawing conclusions from the figures. First, the budget figures were provided at the beginning of the 1992–93 financial year. Outturn expenditure may well be different. Local education authorities may also not recognise the budget figures because their budget returns have been adjusted by the Department of the Environment to make them comparable with their education standard spending assessments. Secondly, the standard spending assessment system is a mechanism for distributing grant between authorities. Because authorities have discretion to decide their own spending priorities between and within services, the sub-blocks are in no sense spending targets. Thirdly; the sub-blocks notionally include provision for children in the relevant age groups in special schools, related central services and related functions such as home to school transport which do not have to be delegated to schools. Therefore, they are not comparable with the budgets of primary or secondary schools.
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LEA Primary Secondary Post 16 Under 5s Others Total Budget Southwark 41.39 37.85 16.15 9.23 7.74 112.36 103.23 Tower Hamlet 46.75 44.38 17.16 8.77 6.64 123.69 118.55 Wandsworth 32.76 32.30 19.23 8.02 8.31 100.62 105.83 Westminster 16.46 16.15 11.98 5.23 6.10 55.93 77.25 Barking 23.26 23.85 7.76 3.48 3.19 61.55 66.26 Barnet 36.67 38.61 24.45 6.68 6.89 113.29 110.16 Bexley 29.82 34.02 14.69 4.03 3.99 86.54 77.33 Brent 43.42 44.13 30.02 8.70 7.95 134.22 125.90 Bromley 32.47 35.66 19.39 4.73 5.36 97.61 93.29 Croydon 43.75 44.63 26.29 7.53 7.21 129.40 132.56 Ealing 44.03 43.94 26.72 8.08 8.04 130.81 122.72 Enfield 37.99 42.06 21.70 6.01 5.93 113.70 115.86 Haringey 33.85 34.43 21.59 7.47 6.46 103.80 96.20 Harrow 26.93 28.60 16.41 4.05 3.90 79.91 80.81 Havering 30.19 36.62 15.01 3.55 3.81 89.17 89.57 Hillingdon 30.72 33.01 15.45 4.55 4.38 88.11 87.97 Hounslow 31.18 33.01 16.34 5.11 4.61 90.25 86.55 Kingston 14.83 16.53 9.85 2.36 2.61 46.18 50.16 Merton 19.87 20.47 11.67 3.71 3.59 59.31 61.47 Newham 49.44 46.31 21.90 9.04 6.51 133.21 111.28 Redbridge 30.60 35.05 17.33 4.58 4.88 92.45 90.02 Richmond 14.97 14.18 9.08 2.90 3.23 44.36 44.56 Sutton 20.97 23.10 11.21 2.98 3.05 61.32 55.39 Waltham Forest 36.12 37.75 18.53 6.62 5.84 104.85 100.55 Birmingham 174.58 178.42 79.70 28.06 24.39 485.14 428.05 Coventry 43.89 44.42 21.57 6.82 6.28 122.99 132.46 Dudley 37.75 42.52 18.76 4.66 5.06 108.75 117.67 Sandwell 43.64 46.99 21.89 6.54 6.25 125.30 128.19 Solihull 24.78 27.61 13.49 3.04 3.35 72.26 73.29 Walsall 37.84 41.73 17.49 5.12 4.99 107.18 106.39 Wolverhampton 38.31 42.37 18.15 6.00 5.82 110.65 112.80 Knowsley 29.15 29.65 12.06 4.35 3.68 78.89 74.56 Liverpool 76.55 77.94 37.10 12.23 11.15 214.97 206.93 St Helens 23.58 28.57 15.13 2.89 3.17 73.34 76.65 Sefton 37.50 40.93 21.64 5.01 5.37 110.45 110.25 Wirral 46.72 51.49 24.08 6.67 6.71 135.67 132.23 Bolton 37.98 40.23 17.04 5.38 5.02 105.65 105.87 Bury 22.57 23.62 11.98 2.91 2.84 63.93 68.74 Manchester 74.88 70.43 33.30 13.29 11.76 203.67 198.76 Oldham 34.61 36.59 13.75 4.75 4.38 94.07 95.63 Rochdale 31.50 33.38 13.36 4.36 3.86 86.46 84.40 Salford 30.75 31.49 17.69 4.77 4.63 89.33 87.54 Stockport 33.87 36.63 20.40 4.34 4.59 99.82 105.97 Tameside 30.28 32.55 14.38 4.18 3.98 85.35 82.69 Trafford 26.79 28.21 15.21 3.60 3.77 77.58 78.55 Wigan 40.48 44.88 21.41 4.91 4.96 116.64 124.23 Barnsley 29.27 31.87 11.99 3.68 3.86 80.67 77.08 Doncaster 43.03 46.98 18.17 5.52 5.36 119.05 121.43 Rotherham 35.54 40.22 16.46 4.65 4.53 101.40 104.55 Sheffield 60.79 68.25 32.90 8.81 10.04 180.80 190.79 Bradford 81.83 85.64 32.02 12.14 10.22 221.85 213.28 Calderdale 27.02 29.84 13.17 3.64 3.58 77.24 77.61 Kirklees 55.00 59.35 28.74 7.35 7.20 157.65 153.04 Leeds 90.63 99.48 45.32 13.14 13.38 261.96 267.68 Wakefield 41.53 44.53 17.69 5.38 5.40 114.54 120.62 Gateshead 25.70 28.81 10.77 3.55 3.95 72.77 80.07 Newcastle 35.59 36.42 15.97 5.60 5.84 99.42 104.88 North Tyne 25.38 28.13 13.26 3.33 3.58 73.66 75.25 South Tyne 21.67 23.25 9.61 2.98 3.03 60.54 63.62 Sunderland 42.72 47.52 17.02 5.65 5.46 118.37 113.41 Isles of Scilly 0.46 0.52 0.23 0.04 0.05 1.30 1.36 Avon 109.54 119.11 56.26 14.59 15.74 315.24 350.59 Bedfordshire 78.75 84.39 39.16 10.67 9.74 222.71 220.25 Berkshire 97.85 107.10 55.63 13.65 12.91 287.14 272.03 Buckinghamshire 86.53 101.97 50.56 10.63 10.27 259.97 255.58 Cambridge 85.08 92.56 44.10 10.33 10.14 242.20 249.28 Cheshire 121.92 137.84 70.54 14.34 14.72 359.37 370.99 Cleveland 90.06 96.83 37.94 11.94 11.05 247.82 253.42 Cornwall 59.35 67.86 34.30 6.50 7.41 175.42 170.01 Cumbria 60.82 69.21 29.24 6.54 7.54 173.35 183.70 Derbyshire 113.98 130.19 57.68 13.55 14.45 329.86 370.13 Devon 117.43 132.59 62.28 14.25 16.56 343.10 347.72 Dorset 67.40 77.73 36.34 8.25 10.40 200.12 203.35 Durham 80.13 89.11 35.10 9.41 10.20 223.95 234.13 East Sussex 74.41 79.40 40.43 10.21 12.52 216.96 224.66 Essex 196.38 232.81 102.76 23.91 24.94 580.81 557.99 Gloucestershire 62.19 70.31 35.23 7.57 8.10 183.41 192.54 Hampshire 193.50 209.81 109.32 24.83 25.18 562.64 576.19
LEA Primary Secondary Post 16 Under 5s Others Total Budget Hereford and Worcester 81.89 93.97 46.71 9.32 9.99 241.88 241.87 Hertfordshire 124.08 142.39 71.61 15.80 16.30 370.18 383.25 Humberside 119.39 136.33 55.27 15.20 15.12 341.30 361.53 Isle of Wight 15.39 18.00 10.13 1.76 2.26 47.54 46.24 Kent 192.77 225.97 100.21 24.14 25.05 568.13 539.75 Lancashire 191.44 20.22 102.65 24.92 25.01 553.25 563.79 Leicestershire 120.51 130.40 62.22 15.86 15.49 344.49 361.69 Lincolnshire 73.56 89.15 41.99 8.05 9.22 221.98 219.32 Norfolk 88.29 103.64 46.83 10.04 11.81 260.61 261.97 North Yorkshire 81.31 92.43 50.54 9.02 10.54 243.84 252.93 Northamptonshire 78.25 88.34 38.49 9.55 9.17 223.80 225.98 Northumberland 39.04 45.98 17.80 3.99 4.58 111.40 119.79 Nottinghamshire 132.00 146.38 68.43 17.96 18.65 383.42 402.22 Oxfordshire 66.18 68.80 34.76 8.83 8.95 187.52 201.34 Shropshire 52.38 61.35 28.19 5.89 6.21 154.01 164.61 Somerset 54.20 61.35 30.70 6.17 6.81 159.23 172.71 Staffordshire 132.41 146.45 64.11 15.61 16.05 374.64 380.42 Suffolk 73.97 84.98 37.60 9.42 9.29 215.27 229.66 Surrey 105.58 117.17 73.17 14.61 16.01 326.54 327.78 Warwickshire 57.98 66.23 34.43 6.72 7.41 172.77 182.07 West Sussex 78.19 90.17 47.25 9.36 11.07 236.04 225.49 Wiltshire 70.36 77.57 37.49 8.57 8.46 202.44 210.12 Notes:
1. Information on budgeted expenditure is taken from Local Authorities' returns to the Department of Environment on forms RA92/93 and RA(SG)92/93. Figures have been repriced to outturn.
2. The education budgets for Inner London authorities have been adjusted to take account of the education grant for Inner London authorities, and make them comparable with education SSAs. Inner London education grants are paid to provide, through the support of expenditure on education, transitional help to local tax-payers in Inner London boroughs and in the City of London where the authorities inherited responsibility for the education service from the Inner London Education Authority.
3. Figures have been rounded to two decimal places.