§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each of the last three years, the local education authorities which have not been able to take up GEST funding offered to them; for what purposes the unused funding was originally made available; and what it was used for subsequently.
§ Sir Wyn Roberts[holding answer 28 May 1993]: The GEST allocations in 1990–91 and 1991–92 and final expenditure for each local education authority are shown in the tables. Final expenditure information in respect of the 1992–93 GEST programme is not yet available.
The purposes for which grant was approved are set out in Welsh Office circulars 45/89 and 58/89 for 1990–91, 47/90 for 1991–92 and 36/91 for 1992–93. The reasons for underspends varied significantly between local education authorities, under the flexible arrangements for virement within GEST which are approved each year. Some underspends were reallocated to other authorities.
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Authority Allocation (£000s) Final Spend (£000s) Percentage over/(under) spend against original allocation Total 28,168 n.a. n.a. Notes:
1. Figures may not add back to totals due to rounding.
2. The above information is based on returns made by the Local Education Authorities.
3. LEA grant claims for reimbursement of programme expenditure overlap financial years. Any programme underspend is taken into account in developing and resourcing the following year's programme; the underspends for 1990–91 and 1991–92 were used for this purpose.