HC Deb 05 July 1993 vol 228 cc16-9W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will show, for each local education authority and for each year since 1989 for which information is available, the proportion of the potential schools budget delegated to schools, listing local education authorities by rank order of the proportion delegated in the most recent year for which information is available and showing the rank order in each year.

Mr. Forth

The information requested is as follows:

(1) Local education authority (LEA) (2) Proportion of potential schools budget included in schools' budget shares
1993–94 1992–93 1991–92 1990–91
Percentage Percentage Rank order number Percentage Rank order number Percentage Rank order number
7. Manchester 89.1 87.2 14 88.0 6 n/a —
8.Leeds 88.8 86.8 22 86.3 17 86.1 10
9.Rochdale 88.7 88.3 6 88.5 2 85.7 13
10.Cheshire 88.7 88.3 8 87.4 12 84–3 31
11.Sefton 88.4 88.8 2 87.9 7 87.4 4
12.Cumbria 88.4 86.7 23 85.4 34 82.5 60
13.Westminster 88.4 85.6 38 84.9 44 78.0 87
14.Berkshire 8.3 89.1 1 87.7 8 87.7 2
15.Barking and Dagenham 88.3 87.8 9 85.2 37 87.0 5
16.Walsall 88.1 85.7 37 85.5 29 85.7 14
17.Oxfordshire 88.1 85.9 32 84.7 48 81.4 76
18.Northumberland 87.9 87.2 15 88.2 5 86.5 8
19.Lincolnshire 87.8 86.3 26 85.5 32 85.1 20
20.Bexley 87.8 88.3 7 81.3 94 81.3 77
21.Hounslow 87.8 84.8 64 83.3 77 81.6 73
22.Sunderland 87.7 88–3 5 88.4 3 86.9 6
23.Suffolk 87.6 87.0 19 97.6 10 85.7 15
24.Northamptonshire 87.6 87.6 10 86.0 22 84.7 24
24.Croydon 87.5 86.8 21 81.0 95 n/a —
24.Stockport 87.5 88.3 4 88.7 1 n/a —
27.Birmingham 87.4 84.3 83 83.4 73 83.0 52
28.Hereford and Worcester 87.4 85.5 44 84.0 61 n/a —
29.Bury 87.3 87.1 17 85.3 36 81.9 65
30.Devon 87.3 87.3 12 87.1 13 83.1 51
31.Wiltshire 87.2 84.4 77 83.3 76 82.4 62
32.Bedfordshire 87.2 85.2 52 83.3 75 84.0 34
33.Essex 87.1 85.1 57 85.1 41 84.0 33
34.Enfield 87.0 86.4 25 84.7 47 81.5 75
35.Bolton 86.9 88.5 3 88.3 4 89.1 1
36.West Sussex 86.8 87.4 11 87.7 9 87.5 3
37.Ealing 86.7 86.1 29 82.9 83 81.7 71
38.Wirral 86.7 85.7 35 85.7 27 n/a —
39.Merton 86.7 84.3 81 84.9 45 79.8 82
40.Staffordshire 86.7 85.4 45 84.8 46 84.6 25
41.Harrow 86.6 82.8 94 82.5 90 81.5 74
42.K nowlsey 86.6 84.4 78 83.2 78 81.9 66
43.Dorset 86.5 84.2 85 85.2 38 81.9 68
44.Trafford 86.5 84.7 71 83.9 65 84.4 28
45.Cleveland 86.4 84.4 76 83.4 74 83.6 39
46.Havering 86.4 86.1 30 85.1 40 83.9 36
47.Nottinghamshire 86.3 85.1 58 84.0 63 82.7 55
48.Redbridge 86.2 85.0 61 83.1 81 82.7 56
49.Shropshire 86.2 86.3 27 86.1 20 84.6 26
50.Sandwell 86.1 85.6 42 82.7 87 83.2 49
51.Bradford 86.1 84.7 68 86.7 15 86.0 11
52.Newcastle 86.1 84.9 63 82.4 91 79.8 83
53.Warwickshire 86.1 87.0 18 86.7 14 85.2 19
54.Coventry 86.1 83.0 93 82.8 86 80.9 78
55.South Tyneside 86.1 86.0 31 85.9 23 83.8 37
56.Calderdale 86.1 85.6 40 85.5 31 81.9 67
57.Salford 86.0 84.7 66 86.0 21 84.4 29
58.Barnet 86.0 85.2 54 83.7 71 84.4 30
59. Haringey 86.0 83.8 90 83.8 69 79.4 85
60. Cumbridgeshire 86.0 87.2 13 87.5 11 80.8 79
61. Hampshire 85.9 86.6 24 86.1 19 85.8 12
62.Durham 85.8 85.3 49 82.2 92 83.1 50
63. Avon 85.8 83.6 91 82.8 85 82.3 64
64. Doncaster 85.8 84.2 84 84.0 60 85.5 17
65. Waltham Forest 85.8 82.1 95 80.2 96 79.7 84
66. East Sussex 85.7 85.2 53 85.4 35 84.1 32
67. Sutton 85.6 84.7 70 85.2 39 83.4 42
68. Wigan 85.6 84.1 86 83.0 82 83.3 47.
69. Bromley 85.6 84.7 72 84.9 43 80.7 80
70. Richmond 85.6 85.0 60 82.6 89 80.0 81
71. Isles of Scilly 85.5 85.1 56 83.2 79 n/a —
72. Surrey 85.5 85.7 36 84.6 49 85.6 16
73. Kent 85.5 84.5 73 85.8 26 84.9 23.
74. Barnsley 85.4 85.3 51 85.9 25 83.4 43.
74. Somerset 85.4 85.6 39 85.5 30 82.9 53
76. Gateshead 85.4 83.9 89 83.9 66 83.3 46.
74. Derbyshire 85.4 84.5 75 84.0 62 83.4 45
78. Sheffield 85.3 84.1 87 85.9 24 82.6 59
79. Oldham 85.3 84.3 82 83.1 8.0 816 72
80. Buckinghamshire 85.3 85.3 50 86.6 16 84.9 22
(1) Local education authority (LEA) (2) Proportion of potential schools budget included in schools' budget shares
1993–94 1992–93 1991–92 1990–91
Percentage Percentage Rank order number Percentage Rank order number Percentage Rank order number
81. Cornwall 85.3 85.0 62 84.0 64 83.6 41
82.Norfolk 85.2 86.2 28 84.4 55 83.6 40
83. Tameside 85.2 84.7 67 83.8 68 84.4 27
84. Rotherham 85.2 84.7 69 85.4 33 86.1 9
85. St. Helens 85.2 85.4 47 84.5 52 83.3 48
86. Kirklees 85.2 85.5 43 85.0 42 83.4 44
87. Humberside 85.1 85.2 55 84.6 50 81.7 70
88. Hillingdon 85.1 84.4 79 83.9 67 n/a —
89. Wakefield 85.1 84.0 88 84.3 57 82.9 54
90. Newham 85.1 82.1 96 79.5 97 n/a —
91. North Tyneside 85.1 84.8 65 84.6 51 82.3 63
92. Kingston upon Thames 85.0 85.6 41 84.4 56 78.5 86
93. Isle of Wight 85.0 85.8 33 83.8 70 82.5 61
94. Liverpool 85.0 84.5 74 82.9 84 84.9 21
95. Gloucestershire 85.0 83.2 92 84.5 53 86.8 7
96. Lancashire 85.0 84.3 80 82.7 88 82.7 57
97. North Yorkshire n/a 85.4 46 84.2 59 82.6 58
Averages 86.7 85.6 84.9 83.8
Inner London LEAs where LMS in operation from April 1992
1. Islington 92.6 85.2 2
2. Corporation of London 86.5 87.0 1
3. Greenwich 86.3 79.6 9
4. Tower Hamlets 85.9 77.2 11
5. Camden 85.0 83.2 4
6. Hammersmith and Fulham 84.6 81.7 5
7. Lewisham 83.8 81.1 6
8. Lambeth 83.6 79.7 8
9. Southwark 83.3 79.1 10
10. Kensington and Chelsea 81.7 76.1 12
11. Wandsworth 80.8 84.2 3
12. Hackney n/a 79.8 7
Averages 85.0 80.6
National averages 86.6 85.3 84.9 83.8

Notes

1. All 109 local education authorities (LEAs) in England have local management schemes in operation and are required to publish budget statements showing planned expenditure, under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988. The figures above are derived from those statements. The LEAs are ranked according to the percentage of funds included in schools' budget shares in 1993–94, with those including most at the top of the list. All percentages are rounded to one decimal place; where more than one LEA is shown as having the same percentage, the rank order takes account of the unrounded percentage. In the case of the inner London LEAs (other than Westminster), the introduction of statutory local management schemes was deferred until April 1992; the 12 LEAs concerned are listed separately.

2. The potential schools budget (PSB) in each LEA consists of the general schools budget (GSB)—ie all planned spending on schools—less planned spending on certain excepted or centrally held items: capital expenditure; expenditure supported by central government and EC grants; and expenditure on home to school transport, school meals, cleaning and grounds maintenance, and other transitional exceptions. With effect from April 1993 (April 1995 in the case of the 12 inner London LEAs shown separately), the total of schools' budget shares must account for at least 85 per cent. of each LEA's PSB. Where figures for 1993–94 are said to be not available (n/a), the LEA's budget statement had not been received in the Department by the end of June 1993; in relation to 1990–91, n/a indicates that no statutory local management scheme was yet in operation for the LEA concerned. Percentages and ranking order numbers are given for previous years.

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