§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much is budgeted to be paid directly to schools in Leicestershire in the current financial year; how much will be spent elsewhere by the LEA on central administration or for other purposes; and what were the figures for each of the four previous years. [19934]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe figures in the table are derived from the budget and outturn statements published by the Leicestershire local education authority under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988 in respect of schools covered by its scheme for the local management of schools. The general schools budget represents total expenditure, or planned expenditure, on the authority"s county, voluntary and—from 1 April 1994—special schools; the aggregated schools budget is that portion of the GSB which is allocated to the schools themselves. The difference represents funding retained by the authority for central administration and other purposes relating to the schools covered by the local management of schools scheme.
Financial year GSB (£k) ASB (£000) 1995–96 (budget) 318,103 237,430 1994–95 (budget) 319,137 232,660 1993–94 (outturn) 295,008 220,634 1992–93 (outturn) 310,190 224,483 1991–92 (outturn) 296,805 204,956