§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the percentage of each shire county's education budget which is held back for central administration together with the amount of money this represents per school pupil. [2570]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following table shows the percentage of each county's general schools budget reserved centrally in 1995–96 for management and administration, and the amount of money per pupil which this represents.842W
Local education authority Management and administration Per cent. Amount per pupil £ Avon 2.51 63 Bedfordshire 1.62 39 Berkshire 1.59 37 Buckinghamshire 3.17 77 Cambridgeshire 1.41 33 Cheshire 1.33 29 Cleveland 2.33 54 Cornwall 1.23 29 Cumbria 1.18 27 Derbyshire 1.12 25 Devon 1.41 33 Dorset 2.22 48 Durham 1.73 39 East Sussex 1.03 26 Essex 1.74 40 Gloucestershire 2.23 49 Hampshire 2.03 47 Hereford and Worcester 1.35 30 Hertfordshire 0.72 17 Humberside 2.43 57 Isle of Wight 1.33 32 Isles of Scilly 2.22 95 Kent 3.48 81 Lancashire 1.50 35 Leicestershire 1.86 42 Lincolnshire 1.63 39 Norfolk 0.76 18 North Yorkshire 1.67 37 Northampstonshire 1.26 28 Northumberland 1.80 41 Nottinghamshire 2.01 43 Oxfordshire 1.11 28 Shropshire 1.59 37 Somerset 0.84 18 Staffordshire 0.95 20 Suffolk 1.17 27 Surrey 2.02 51 Warwickshire 1.76 43 West Sussex 1.83 42 Wiltshire 1.39 31 Notes
1.The figures have been derived from budget statements published by local education authorities under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988 in respect of the financial year 1995–96.
2.Amounts per pupil have been rounded to the nearest pound.
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