§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each of the last three years the local education authorities which have not been able to take up grants for education support and training funding offered to them; for what purposes the unused funding was originally made available; and what it was used for subsequently.
§ Mr. ForthThe information provided in the table is for 1992–93 and for 1993–94. Information about 1991–92 is not readily available. The tables set out the local education authorities which surrendered some of the allocations made available to them. Each year's programme covers some 30 or more individual grants for different purposes. The sums surrendered ranged across most grants. We do not know what use LEAs will have made of their unused 40 per cent. contribution to GEST allocations. The saving in central Government grant which represents 60 per cent. of GEST allocations has been redeployed to a range of other Department of Education programmes. To provide the full information requested would involve disproportionate cost.
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1992–93 Gest allocations not taken up £ thousands Hammersmith 10.0 Southwark 41.3 Brent 64.5 Haringey 146.5 Havering 24.8 Merton 74.3 Newham 34.0 Redbridge 13.9 Dudley 84.5 Solihull 9.6 Wolverhampton 31.1
£ thousands Liverpool 172.9 St. Helens 64.5 Sefton 62.0 Wirral 228.5 Bury 40.9 Rochdale 55.5 Salford 106.3 Bradford 11.0 Calderdale 52.1 Newcastle upon Tyne 173.1 North Tyneside 53.0 South Tyneside 1.3 Sunderland 106.7 Bedfordshire 6.0 Cheshire 3.8 Cleveland 4.2 Derby 182.3 Essex 346.0 Gloucestershire 74.3 Isle of Wight 14.4 Kent 1.7 Lincolnshire 0.9 Oxfordshire 26.5 Somerset 17.2 Surrey 3.8 West Sussex 68.2 Total 2,411.6 Note: Total programme 377,200.0 Percentage not taken up 0.6
1993–94 Gest allocations not taken up £ thousands Greenwich 129.4 Lambeth 14.1 Barnet 21.7 Manchester 296.6 Kirklees 153.5 Wakefield 206.7 Gateshead 165.4 Newcastle upon Tyne 109.0 North Tyneside 60.8 Sunderland 43.3 Avon 11.3 Cleveland 169.5 Cumbria 57.5 Devon 747.7 Durham 233.3 Gloucestershire 348.6 Humberside 315.9 Norfolk 221.5 Northamptonshire 20.0 Total 3,325.7 Note: Total programme 320,200.0 Percentage not taken up 1.0