HC Deb 04 November 1993 vol 231 c409W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he intends to take to ensure that schools are able to send teachers for training in child protection matters.

Mr. Robin Squire

Schools are already able to send teachers for training in child protection matters.

Capital allocations by standard English region (£000s)
Region 1982–83 1985–86 1988–89 1989–90
South East 114,968 124,079 159,364 136,804
South West 38,364 31,745 38,347 45,205
East Anglia 15,438 11,756 16,193 16,545
West Midlands 43,661 36,038 39,150 35,253
East Midlands 33,186 28,481 32,967 29,859
Northwest 56,202 59,129 76,676 69,516
Yorkshire and Humberside 40,988 34,546 49,032 41,330
Northern 23,480 24,447 30,269 30,172

Region 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
South East 191,185 225,893 244,759 185,615
South West 60,886 48,854 60,990 47,695
East Anglia 24,528 21,794 30,990 20,328
West Midlands 50,707 61,351 62,733 41,391
East Midlands 45,933 54,921 52,953 42,183
Northwest 102,502 112,214 115,492 72,187
Yorkshire and Humberside 51,383 66,368 88,896 59,511
Northern 31,674 39,809 46,912 38,032

Notes:

1. Tables are in £000s and in cash terms.

2. Tables represent combined totals of:

(a) voluntary aided and special agreement schools—approved levels of governors' expenditure eligible for 85 per cent. grant (there are no VA schools in the Scilly Isles);

(b) LEA capital allocations and, from 1990–91, Annual Capital Guidelines, together with Supplementary Credit Approvals (SCAs).

3. Allocations for self-governing (GM) schools are not included.

4. Figures for 1979–80 are not available.

5. Figures for 1993–94 include SCAs issued up to 3 November 1993.

6. Figures prior to 1993–94 include allocations for FE/sixth form colleges.

7. The following groups of LEAs have been used to define regions:

South East: City of London, Inner London Boroughs, Outer London Boroughs, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex;

South West: Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Isles of Scilly;

East Anglia: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk;

West Midlands: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton;

East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire;

North West: Cheshire, Lancashire, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral;

Yorkshire and Humberside: Humberside, North Yorkshire, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield;

Northern: Cleveland, Curnbria, Durham, Northumberland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland.