§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will give a breakdown
480W of spending on the grant-maintained sector in 1996–97 and of planned spending in 1997–98, showing (a) current funding and (b) capital funding and the percentage change between the two years. [6927]
Youth Training England and Wales by TEC February 1995 to January 1996 leavers proportion of leavers who: TEC Did not complete the course Did not gain a qualification Completed the course but did not find a job Bedfordshire 58 56 9 Central and South Cambridgeshire 47 48 8 North Derbyshire 50 47 11 South Derbyshire 47 47 10 Leicestershire 53 56 12 Lincolnshire 52 47 14 Norfolk and Waveney 59 70 17 Northamptonshire 48 46 10 Greater Nottingham 55 52 11 North Nottinghamshire 48 55 12 Greater Peterborough 47 46 12 Suffolk 45 43 13 County Durham 56 46 12 Northumberland 52 48 19 Teeside 52 45 15 Tyneside 55 48 15 Sunderland City n/a n/a n/a Barnsley and Doncaster 56 48 13 Bradford 49 47 14 Calderdale-Kirklees 50 48 10
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is as follows:
1996–97 £ million 1997–98 £ million Percentage increase Recurrent 1101 116.2 15.0 Capital 138 144.9 5.0 Total 239 261.1 9.6 1Funding to the Education Assets Board and Education Associations is not included in the 1997–98 recurrent baseline. It has therefore been deducted from the published recurrent amounts shown for 1996–97 so as to provide comparable figures.