Education Expenditure (Hansard, 11 March 1994)

§ Mr. Jopling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a table giving the percentage of current expenditure being devoted to education for each shire county in England, both before and after mandatory student awards; what percentage of the education expenditure is spent on education administration and other non-school expenditure; and what percentage is allocated to the schools, for each shire county.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
The provisional figures for 1992–93 for the shire counties are as shown in the table.
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1992–93 Percentage of total local authority expenditure on education Percentage of total local authority expenditure on education less mandatory awards Percentage of education expenditure on administration and other non-school expenditure Percentage of education expenditure allocated to schools

Lancashire n/a n/a n/a n/a

Leicestershire 60.8 53.7 26.9 73.1

Lincolnshire 58.9 51.8 27.9 72.1

Norfolk 59.2 53.2 25.3 74.7

North Yorkshire 62.2 53.6 28.2 71.8

Northamptonshire 56.3 49.9 27.4 72.6

Northumberland 64.9 58.1 21.8 78.2

Nottinghamshire 59.2 53.6 22.8 77.2

Oxfordshire 59.9 51.8 29.9 70.1

Shropshire 62.9 56.1 24.8 75.2

Somerset 61.4 53.9 30.8 69.2

Staffordshire 61.7 55.3 18.0 82.0

Suffolk 62.4 56.3 24.2 75.8

Surrey 59.5 49.8 31.8 68.2

Warwickshire 62.2 53.0 30.7 69.3

West Sussex 59.8 52.0 25.9 74.1

Wiltshire 60.9 54.5 30.0 70.0

Notes to table
1. Column 1 presents net current expenditure on education as a percentage of the total local authority current expenditure.
2. Column 2 presents column 1 minus Mandatory Awards expenditure.
3. Column 3 presents the percentage of net current education expenditure on service strategy, management and administration, inspectors and advisory services, other support costs and direct expenditure on colleges, adult and other continuing education, youth and other community services.
4. Column 4 presents the percentage of net current education expenditure spent directly on nursery/primary, secondary and special schools.
5. n/a indicates that returns of expenditure are not yet available. All figures are provisional and subject to further checking.

§ Mrs. Bridget Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the unit cost per pupil in each London local education authority for 1992–93 for(a) nursery/primary and (b) secondary pupils.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the right hon. Member for Doncaster, Central (Sir H. Walker) on Wednesday 9 March,Official Report, columns 238–40.

Table A: Schools and pupils in the shire counties in England Maintained primary schools

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LEA Total number schools Total number GM schools Per cent. GMS in LEA Total number pupils Total number GM pupils Per cent. GM pupils

Isles of Scilly 4 0 0.0 174 0 0.0

Avon 369 0 0.0 79,059 0 0.0

Bedfordshire 218 3 1.4 42,138 708 1.7

Berkshire 273 7 2.6 60,613 2,371 3.9

Buckinghamshire 287 6 2.1 61,601 2,262 3.7

Cambridgeshire 264 6 2.3 58,427 1,912 3.3

Cheshire 446 3 0.7 88,694 418 0.5

Cleveland 203 0 0 65,058 0 0.0

Cornwall 248 0 0.0 40,128 0 0.0

Cumbria 309 10 3.2 42,663 1,628 3.8

Derbyshire 450 7 1.6 84,037 1,775 2.1

Devon 440 1 0.2 79,424 285 0.4

Dorset 201 1 0.5 44,782 415 0.9

Durham 297 0 0.0 55,779 0 0.0

East Sussex 218 0 0.0 50,300 0 0.0

Essex 580 55 9.5 122,010 14,287 11.7

Gloucestershire 262 5 1.9 42,887 1,366 3.2

Hampshire 579 13 2.2 129,822 3,927 3.0

Hereford and Worcester 288 0 0.0 47,895 0 0.0

Hertfordshire 433 5 1.2 82,844 908 1.1

Humberside 353 2 0.6 84,426 335 0.4

Isle of Wight 46 0 0.0 7,232 0 0.0

Kent 572 15 2.6 126,005 4,227 3.4

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1992–93	Percentage of total local authority expenditure on education	Percentage of total local authority expenditure on education less mandatory awards	Percentage of education expenditure on administration and other non-school expenditure	Percentage of education expenditure allocated to schools
Lancashire	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leicestershire	60.8	53.7	26.9	73.1
Lincolnshire	58.9	51.8	27.9	72.1
Norfolk	59.2	53.2	25.3	74.7
North Yorkshire	62.2	53.6	28.2	71.8
Northamptonshire	56.3	49.9	27.4	72.6
Northumberland	64.9	58.1	21.8	78.2
Nottinghamshire	59.2	53.6	22.8	77.2
Oxfordshire	59.9	51.8	29.9	70.1
Shropshire	62.9	56.1	24.8	75.2
Somerset	61.4	53.9	30.8	69.2
Staffordshire	61.7	55.3	18.0	82.0
Suffolk	62.4	56.3	24.2	75.8
Surrey	59.5	49.8	31.8	68.2
Warwickshire	62.2	53.0	30.7	69.3
West Sussex	59.8	52.0	25.9	74.1
Wiltshire	60.9	54.5	30.0	70.0

Table A: Schools and pupils in the shire counties in England Maintained primary schools
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LEA	Total number schools	Total number GM schools	Per cent. GMS in LEA	Total number pupils	Total number GM pupils	Per cent. GM pupils
Isles of Scilly	4	0	0.0	174	0	0.0
Avon	369	0	0.0	79,059	0	0.0
Bedfordshire	218	3	1.4	42,138	708	1.7
Berkshire	273	7	2.6	60,613	2,371	3.9
Buckinghamshire	287	6	2.1	61,601	2,262	3.7
Cambridgeshire	264	6	2.3	58,427	1,912	3.3
Cheshire	446	3	0.7	88,694	418	0.5
Cleveland	203	0	0	65,058	0	0.0
Cornwall	248	0	0.0	40,128	0	0.0
Cumbria	309	10	3.2	42,663	1,628	3.8
Derbyshire	450	7	1.6	84,037	1,775	2.1
Devon	440	1	0.2	79,424	285	0.4
Dorset	201	1	0.5	44,782	415	0.9
Durham	297	0	0.0	55,779	0	0.0
East Sussex	218	0	0.0	50,300	0	0.0
Essex	580	55	9.5	122,010	14,287	11.7
Gloucestershire	262	5	1.9	42,887	1,366	3.2
Hampshire	579	13	2.2	129,822	3,927	3.0
Hereford and Worcester	288	0	0.0	47,895	0	0.0
Hertfordshire	433	5	1.2	82,844	908	1.1
Humberside	353	2	0.6	84,426	335	0.4
Isle of Wight	46	0	0.0	7,232	0	0.0
Kent	572	15	2.6	126,005	4,227	3.4