HC Deb 25 November 1994 vol 250 cc396-403W
Mr. Bryan Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the ratio of academic staff to students in further education colleges in each of the last five years.

Mr. Boswell

Information for the most recently available five years is as follows.

GEST allocations to LEAs for training of youth and community workers
LEAs 1992–93 (£000) 1993–94 (£000) 1994–95 (£000)
Merton 5.0 5.0 3.4
Newham 5.0 6.0 5.3
Redbridge 5.0 6.2 6.2
Richmond upon Thames 5.0 6.0 2.7
Sutton 5.0 5.0 2.8
Waltham Forest 5.0 5.7 4.8
Birmingham 11.5 29.4 25.6
Coventry 5.0 8.8 7.6
Dudley 5.0 8.4 6.9
Sandwell 5.0 8.3 7.2
Solihull 5.0 6.0 6.4
Walsall 5.0 7.6 6.8
Wolverhampton 5.0 7.2 5.7
Knowsley 5.0 5.0 3.5
Liverpool 5.3 13.4 11.8
St.Helens 5.0 5.6 5.2
Sefton 5.0 8.5 7.8
Wirral 5.0 9.7 8.9
Bolton 5.0 8.0 6.9
Bury 5.0 5.1 4.2
Manchester 5.3 12.6 9.9
Oldham 5.0 6.6 6.5
Rochdale 5.0 6.5 4.9
Salford 5.0 6.6 5.3
Stockport 5.0 8.3 7.9
Tameside 5.0 6.1 5.4
Trafford 5.0 5.8 4.3
Wigan 5.0 9.2 8.4
Barnsley 5.0 6.5 4.5
Doncaster 5.0 8.7 8.1
Rotherham 5.0 7.5 7.3
Sheffield 5.7 13.6 10.4
Bradford 5.7 14.6 13.0
Calderdale 5.0 5.8 4.7
Kirklees 5.0 11.2 9.9
Leeds 8.1 20.1 17.5
Wakefield 5.0 9.0 7.6
Gateshead 5.0 5.6 4.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 5.0 7.7 6.1
North Tyneside 5.0 5.2 5.1
South Tyneside 5.0 5.0 3.5

GEST allocations to LEAs for training of youth and community workers
LEAs 1992–93 (£000) 1993–94 (£000) 1994–95 (£000)
Sunderland 5.0 9.0 7.3
Isle of Scilly 0.0 0.0 0.0
Avon 10.7 26.2 22.0
Bedfordshire 6.1 16.1 13.4
Berkshire 9.9 23.0 16.3
Buckinghamshire 7.7 20.4 16.3
Cambridgeshire 8.1 20.0 15.2
Cheshire 10.8 27.8 26.5
Cleveland 6.5 15.9 16.4
Cornwall 5.0 13.6 11.8
Cumbria 5.4 13.9 10.5
Derbyshire 10.2 26.4 21.3
Devon 11.3 30.2 23 0
Dorset 6.4 18.9 12.7
Durham 6.9 16.5 15.1
East Sussex 7.5 19.6 15.0
Essex 16.9 43.9 30.8
Gloucestershire 5.9 16.0 7.9
Hampshire 18.1 48.3 35.4
Hereford and Worcester 8.1 21.6 17.6
Hertfordshire 11.6 29.4 24.8
Humberside 10.2 25.7 23.8
Isle of Wight 5.0 5.0 3.2
Kent 17.7 46.3 30.8
Lancashire 15.5 41.4 31.4
Leicestershire 10.8 26.1 24.5
Lincolnshire 6.3 17.2 9.5
Norfolk 8.4 21.7 16.3
North Yorkshire 8.3 21.4 18.2
Northamptonshire 6.8 18.3 13.0
Northumberland 5.0 8.8 9.1
Nottinghamshire 11.4 28.1 25.4
Oxfordshire 7.5 18.2 13.1
Shropshire 5.0 13.2 11.0
Somerset 5.8 14.9 10.1
Staffordshire 11.5 29.4 26.1
Suffolk 7.7 20.1 16.0
Surrey 11.7 29.4 18.7
Warwickshire 5.7 13.8 10.7
West Sussex 8.0 20.7 18.0
Wiltshire 6.5 17.5 12.6
Total 700.0 1,400.00 1,100.00

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many authorities bid for funds from the reducing truancy category of GEST for(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94 and (c) 1994–95; and if she will list the successful authorities and the amount they received for both years.

Mr. Forth

The "Reducing Truancy" category of the grants for education support and training scheme was introduced in 1992 and expanded into a "Truancy and Disaffected Pupils" category in 1993. In the first, 1993–94, round there were 82 bids and 74 were successful. For the 1994–95 round, there were 101 bids, of which 86 were successful. Details of individual allocations are as follows:

GEST scheme 1993–94: Reducing Truancy Approved Expenditure (on which DFE pays 60 per cent. grant)
LEA Allocation (£ 000's)
Barnsley 106.7
Bedfordshire 166.0
Berkshire 94.3
Birmingham 282.3
Bradford 200.0

GEST scheme 1993–94: Reducing Truancy Approved Expenditure (on which DFE pays 60 per cent. Grant)
LEA Allocation (£ 000's)
Brent 250.0
Camden 148.7
Cheshire 130.0
Cleveland 130.0
Coventry 167.5
Croydon 102.4
Derbyshire 165.4
Devon1 157.5
Doncaster 99.8
Dorset 71.1
Dudley 185.0
Durham1 160.0
East Sussex 60.0
Enfield 118.0
Gateshead 160.0
Gloucestershire 116.0
Greenwich 216.7
Hackney 205.0
Hammersmith 70.0
Hampshire 192.0
Haringey 145.0
Hertfordshire 83.0
Hillingdon 45.0
Hounslow 50.4
Humberside 139.0
Isle of Wight 19.2
Islington 156.6.
Kensington 117.1
Kent 96.5
Kirklees1 153.5
Knowsley 195.0
Lancashire 208.2
Leeds 352.9
Leicestershire 224.1
Lewisham 114.0
Liverpool 181.6
Manchester 357.3
Merton 31.2
Newcastle upon Tyne 200.0
Newham 150.0
Norfolk 65.4
North Tyneside 80.6
Northamptonshire 83.0
Nottighamshire 200.0
Oldham 83.4
Oxfordshire 150.0
Rochdale 120.0
Rotheram 74.3
Salford 77.8
Sandwell 184.0
Sefton 68.9
Sheffield 90.0
Solihull 10.0
South Tyneside 81.5
Southwark 68.7
Staffordshire 23.8
Stockport 200.0
Sunderland 24.3
Tameside 161.0
Tower Hamlets 213.0
Trafford 40.0
Wakefield 95.0
Walsall 152.5
Waltham Forest 37.5
Wandsworth 158.0
Warwickshire 51.0
Westminster 16.0
Wirral 107.5
Wolverhampton 116.3
74 LEAs Total allocations: 9,607.5
1 subsequently indicated unable to take up allocation.

Gest scheme 1994–95 truancy and disaffected pupils approved expenditure (on which DFE pays 60 per cent. grant)
LEA Allocation (£ 000's)
Avon 116.0
Barking and Dagenham 60.5
Barnet 43 5
Barnsley 144.4
Bedfordshire 162.0
Berkshire 99.4
Bexley 48.5
Birmingham 501.2
Bradford 270.3
Brent 320.0
Buckinghamshire2 111.7
Bury Cambrid 71.5
geshire 189.4
Camden 185.1
Cheshire 211.0
Cleveland 130.0
Cornwall 168.0
Coventry 191.2
Croydon 104.0
Cumbria 170.0
Derbyshire 233.3
Devon 179.5
Doncaster 132.8
Dorset 124.2
Dudley 215.0
Ealing 112.0
East Sussex 268 0
Essex 130.5
Gateshead 160.0
Hammersmith and Fulham 145.0
Hampshire 480.3
Haringey 171.0
Harrow 73.1
Havering 59.7
Hertfordshire 197.9
Hillingdon 47.0
Hounslow 53.4
Humberside 175.0
Isle of Wight 12.0
Islington 216.3
Kensington and Chelsea 132.0
Kent 188.7
Kirklees 225.7
Knowsley 342.0
Lambeth 138.0
Lancashire 336.6
Leeds 550.2
Leicestershire 206.3
Lewisham 208.5
Lincolnshire 25.0
Liverpool 255.0
Merton 175.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 235.9
Newham 255.2
Norfolk 111.5
Northamptonshire 101.3
North Tyneside 90.3
Nottinghamshire 205.0
Oxfordshire 150.0
Rotherham2 89.3
St. Helens 128.0
Salford 122.6
Sandwell2 355.0
Sefton 127.5
Sheffield 90.0
Shropshire 59.2
Solihull 13.0
Somerset 47.0
South Tyneside 201.0
Southwark 87.3

Gest scheme 1994–95 truancy and disaffected pupils approved expenditure (on which DFE pays 60 per cent. grant)
LEA Allocation (£ 000's)
Staffordshire 270.0
Stockport 210.0
Suffolk 75.0
Sutton 81.2
Tameside 161.0
Tower Hamlets 362.2
Trafford 36.0
Wakefield 118.6
Wandsworth 157.4
Warwickshire 115.0
Westminster 34.0
West Sussex 156 0
Wigan 230.0
Wiltshire 25.0
Wirral 104.7
Wolverhampton 180.6
86 LEAs Total allocations: 14,052.5
2 subsequently indicated unable to take up all or part of allocation.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many authorities bid for youth action funds from GEST for(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94 and (c) 1994–95; and if she will list the successful authorities and the amount they received for each year.

Mr. Boswell

Funding for the youth action scheme through the GEST programme began in 1993–94. Bids were received from 94 authorities in 1993–4 and 34 in 1994–95.

The successful authorities and the amount of expenditure supported in each year are set out in the table.

GEST allocations to LEAs for youth action schemes
LEAs 1993–94 (£000) 1994–95 (£000)
Corporation of London 0.0 0.0
Camden 139.0 105.0
Greenwich 147.0 93.0
Hackney 0.0 0.0
Hammersmith 0.0 0.0
Islington 0.0 0.0
Kensington & Chelsea 0.0 0.0
Lambeth 0.0 0.0
Lewisham 0.0 0.0
Southwark 0.0 0.0
Tower Hamlets 147.0 104.0
Wandsworth 0.0 0.0
Westminster 0.0 0.0
Barking 0.0 0.0
Barnet 0.0 0.0
Bexley 0.0 0.0
Brent 0.0 0.0
Bromley 0.0 0.0
Croydon 0.0 0.0
Ealing 147.0 90.0
Enfield 147.0 97.0
Haringey 147.0 93.0
Harrow 147.0 83.0
Havering 0.0 0.0
Hillington 0.0 0.0
Hounslow 0.0 0.0
Kingston upon Thames 0.0 0.0
Merton 0.0 0.0
Newham 147.0 93.0
Redbridge 0.0 0.0
Richmond upon Thames 0.0 0.0
Sutton 108.2 113.0

GEST allocations to LEAs for youth action schemes
LEAs 1993–94 (£000) 1994–95 (£000)
Waltham Forest 147.0 91.0
Birmingham 0.0 0.0
Coventry 147.0 93.0
Dudley 147.0 133.0
Sandwell 0.0 0.0
Solihull 99.0 72.0
Walsall 0.0 0.0
Wolverhampton 73.5 60.0
Knowsley 0.0 0.0
Liverpool 0.0 0.0
St Helens 0.0 0.0
Sefton 0.0 0.0
Wirral 0.0 0.0
Bolton 0.0 0.0
Bury 0.0 0.0
Manchester 147.0 109.0
Oldham 0.0 0.0
Rochdale 0.0 0.0
Salford 0.0 0.0
Stockport 0.0 0.0
Tameside 0.0 0.0
Trafford 0.0 0.0
Wigan 0.0 0.0
Barnsley 0.0 0.0
Doncaster 143.0 105.0
Rotherham 138.3 132.0
Sheffield 0.0 0.0
Bradford 147.0 131.0
Calderdale 0.0 0.0
Kirklees 0.0 0.0
Leeds 0.0 0.0
Wakefield 0.0 0.0
Gateshead 147.0 0.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 0.0 0.0
North Tyneside 147.0 91.0
South Tyneside 0.0 0.0
Sunderland 0.0 0.0
Isles of Scilly 0.0 0.0
Avon 0.0 0.0
Bedfordshire 0.0 0.0
Berkshire 0.0 0.0
Buckinghamshire 0.0 0.0
Cambridgeshire 147.0 91.0
Cheshire 147.0 97.0
Cleveland 0.0 0.0
Cornwall 0.0 0.0
Cumbria 147.0 130.0
Derbyshire 0.0 0.0
Devon 0.0 0.0
Dorset 0.0 0.0
Durham 0.0 0.0
East Sussex 0.0 0.0
Essex 0.0 0.0
Gloucestershire 147.0 92.0
Hampshire 0.0 0.0
Hereford and Worcester 0.0 0.0
Hertfordshire 147.0 156.0
Humberside 0.0 0.0
Isle of Wight 0.0 0.0
Kent 0.0 0.0
Lancashire 147.0 135.0

Raising standards in inner city schools allocations to LEAs
LEA ESG(£000) 1992–93 LEATG (£000) Total (£000) ESG (£000) 1993–94 LEATG (£000) Total (£000) 1994–95 SRB (£000)
Greenwich 110.8 82.5 193.3 98.7 117.0 215.7 160.8
Hackney 52.3 70.0 122.3 118.4 61.0 179.4 305.2
Hammersmith 179.5 42.5 222.0 240.2 120.1 360.3 277.0

GEST allocations to LEAs for youth action schemes
LEAs 1993–94 (£000) 1994–95 (£000)
Leicestershire 0.0 0.0
Lincolnshire 0.0 0.0
Norfolk 0.0 0.0
North Yorkshire 0.0 0.0
Northamptonshire 0.0 0.0
Northumberland 0.0 0.0
Nottinghamshire 147.0 105.0
Oxfordshire 147.0 108.0
Shropshire 0.0 0.0
Somerset 147.0 98.0
Staffordshire 0.0 0.0
Suffolk 0.0 0.0
Surrey 0.0 0.0
Warwickshire 0.0 0.0
West Sussex 0.0 0.0
Wiltshire 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 4,082.0 2,900.0

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many authorities bid for funds from the raising standards in inner-city schools category of GEST for(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94 and (c) 1994–95; and if she will list the successful authorities and the amount they received for each year.

Mr. Robin Squire

Bids for funds from the grant "Raising Standards in Inner City Schools" were received from 52 authorities in 1992–93,47 in 1993–94 and 38 in 1994–95.

The successful authorities and the amount of expenditure supported for each year are set out in the table. The allocations were paid from the Department's GEST programme in 1992–93 and 1993–94. Allocations for 1994–95 are being paid under the auspices of the single regeneration budget, which is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Educationhow many authorities bid for funds from the raising standards in inner-city schools category of GEST foro(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94 and (c) 1994–95; and if she will list the successful authorities and the amount they received for each year.

Mr. Robin Squire

Bids for funds from the grant "Raising Standards in Inner City Schools" were received from 52 authorities in 1992–93,47 in 1993–94 and 38 in 1994–95.

The successful authorities and the amount of expenditure supported for each year are set out in the table. The allocations were paid from the Department's GEST programme in 1992–93 and 1993–94. Allocations for 1994–95 are being paid under the auspices of the single regeneration budget, which is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.

Raising standards in inner city schools allocations to LEAs
LEA ESG (£000) 1992–93 LEATG (£000) Total (£000) ESG (£000) 1993–94 LEATG (£000) Total (£000) 1994–95 SRB (£000)
Islington 256.8 87.5 344.4 186.0 139.3 325.3 191.2
Lambeth 146.7 105.5 252.2 279.7 136.3 416.0 276.9
Lewisham 162.5 87.5 250.0 162.2 96.6 258.8 258.8
Southwark 78.0 72.0 150.0 121.5 60.8 182.3 142.9
Tower Hamlets 353.2 38.4 391.6 339.1 218.5 557.6 528.3
Wandsworth 103.0 69.0 172.0 296.0 129.0 425.0 469.9
Brent 129.0 36.0 165.0 282.0 52.7 334.7 336.6
Haringey — — — 104.3 52.1 156.4 —
Newham — — — 212.7 33.8 246.5 —
Birmingham 192.3 77.7 270.0 351.6 44.4 396.0 680.6
Dudley 202.5 92.2 294.7 229.3 112.0 341.3 327 1
Walsall — — — 14.0 3.5 17.5 —
Wolverhampton 254.6 51.8 306.4 186.1 93 0 279.1 366.7
Knowsley — — — 71.5 38.5 110.0 —
St Helens 36.0 38.3 74.4 61.4 31.0 92.4 98.5
Wirral 126.8 141.4 268.2 151.6 140.0 291.6 289.8
Bolton — — — 41.0 21.9 62.9 —
Manchester 484.9 15.1 500.0 544.5 91.3 635.8 555.2
Barnsley 111.0 54.0 165.0 187.4 12.6 200.0 538 9
Doncaster 102.1 58.9 161.0 73.3 93.2 166.5 254.0
Rotherham 29.5 73.6 103.1 79.5 27.5 107.0 108.8
Sheffield 134.0 66.0 200.0 150.0 75.0 225.0 265.0
Bradford 163.0 337.0 500.0 328.6 296.4 625.0 343.0
Kirdklees — — — 73.2 39.4 112.6 —
Leeds 271.3 30.0 301.3 247.6 12.4 260.0 272.3
Gateshead 134.0 66.0 200.0 138.7 68.3 207.0 207.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 212.9 65.2 278.1 202.6 60.0 262.6 279.0
North Tyneside 125.0 29.8 154.8 121.1 17.0 1381 131.7
South Tyneside — — — 130.0 70.0 200.0 —
Avon 88.1 43.0 131.1 — — — —
Cheshire — — — 134.0 66.0 200.0 —
Cleveland 97.5 52.5 150.0 107.9 58.1 166.0 127.0
Derbyshire — — — 125.0 58 0 183.0 —
Humberside — — — 130.0 70.0 200.0 —
Lancashire — — — 397.0 192.0 589.0 —
Nottingham 180.0 120.0 300.0 380.4 128.1 508.5 173.1
Total 4,517.4 2,103.4 6,620.8 7,098.1 3,136.8 10,234.9 7,965.1