HC Deb 28 March 1995 vol 257 cc571-2W
Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the annual expenditure on discretionary awards for students attending further education college courses for each of the metropolitan authorities, for each financial year since 1990–91. [16225]

Mr. Boswell

The information requested for the academic years 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93, the latest year for which data are available, is shown in the table. Financial year information is not available.

Expenditure on further education discretionary awards in the metropolitan authorities in 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93
£"000
LEA name 1990–91 Expenditure 1991–92 Expenditure 1992–93 Expenditure
West Midlands
Birmingham 923 1,299 955
Coventry 527 558 514
Dudley 456 393 443
Sandwell 497 871 261
Solihull 129 201 230
Walsall 1,451 1,894 1,879
Wolverhampton 75 35 23
Merseyside
Knowsley 1,047 1,369 1,404
Liverpool 5,697 4,433 2,329
St. Helens 531 678 665
Sefton 278 224 206
Wirral2 1,453 1,653 1,731
Greater Manchester
Bolton 536 821 739
Bury 510 642 609
Manchester 1,836 2,105
Oldham 544 459 631
Rochdale 490 741 903
Salford 423 314 149
Stockport 504 691 806
Tameside 239 352 403
Trafford1 n/a 302 340
Wigan 418 499 514
South Yorkshire
Barnsley2 1,270 789 1,064
Doncaster 698 685 685
Rotherham 669 904 727
Sheffield 2,026 1,931 630
West Yorkshire
Bradford 1,612 1,778 2,190
Calderdale 250 310 281
Kirklees 1,403 2,196 3,123

Expenditure on further education discretionary awards in the metropolitan authorities in 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93
£"000
LEA name 1990–91 Expenditure 1991–92 Expenditure 1992–93 Expenditure
Leeds 2,117 2,743 2,858
Wakefield 1,018 1,048 992
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 454 376 235
Newcastle upon Tyne 609 770 430
North Tyneside 706 1,024 738
South Tyneside 326 450 353
Sunderland1 n/a 933
Total metropolitan authorities 29,883 337,333 32,144

Notes:

—Between £0 and £500.

1 Discretionary awards data not provided in 1990–91.

2 Incomplete returns were received from Wirral and Barnsley LEAs in 1991–92.

3 The 1991–92 total has been grossed to compensate for partial returners.

Source:

F503G