§ Sir Rhodes BoysonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total amount of expenditure on services within the responsibility of his Department in(a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the south-east, 345W excluding Greater London, for each year since 1982–83 and his estimate for 1992–93, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure and excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.
§ Mr. ForthThe information is not wholly available in the form requested. For part(a), table A gives details of central and local government expenditure on education in England since 1982–83. For parts (b) and (c), figures are readily available for local authority expenditure by region only from 1989–90: these are shown in table B. It is not possible to estimate the proportion of central Government expenditure relating to these regions.
Table A Total Expenditure on Education in England (£m) (cash) Central Government Local Government Recurrent Capital Recurrent Capital 1982–83 1,588 161 10,279 456 1983–84 1,657 157 10,826 469 1984–85 1,713 170 11,266 501 1985–86 1,784 191 11,642 530 1986–87 1,851 202 12,912 577 1987–88 1,835 206 14,173 604 1988–89 2,007 238 15,212 777 1989–90 3,100 367 15,887 903 1990–91 3,205 394 17,302 813 1991–92 3,065 489 19,850 793 11992–93 3,315 513 21,674 940 1 (estimates) Notes to Table A
Central Government
1. Figures include grants for universities in Great Britain distributed by the University Grants Committee (up to 1988–89) and the Universities Funding Council. Other figures are for England only.
2. Figures exclude expenditure on mandatory awards and specific grants, which appear in the Local Government column.
Local Government
3. Figures for 1991–92 and 1992–93 are taken from local authority RA returns as submitted in 1991–92.
4. Figures include some spending financed by grants which are the responsibility of other Government Departments-TVEI, work-related FE. Figures also include receipts from PCFC and mandatory awards. Figures for mandatory awards include expenditure in Wales.
5. Figures for 1990–91 exclude £366 million in unspent balances held by schools under LMS schemes.
6. Figures for capital are gross capital spending and include schools, FE and Youth and other educational services.
Table B Total local authority expenditure on education (£ million) (cash) Greater London2 South East (excluding Greater London) Recurrent Capital Recurrent Capital 1989–90 2,576 195 3,082 199 1990–91 2,713 192 3,415 177 1991–921 3,049 143 3,873 167 Notes to Table B
1 Figures for recurrent are net recurrent expenditure, which includes total expenditure other than capital financing charges, less income other than from Government grants. Figures are drawn from local authority revenue outturn reports and therefore those for 1991–92 are not directly comparable with the corresponding figures in Table A.
2 "Greater London" consists of the 13 inner London LEAs (ILEA for 1989–90) and the 20 outer London LEAs. "South East" consists of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex LEAs.