§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the Welsh Office grant for each education authority in Wales in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. [39083]
§ Mr. HagueSupport for local government spending through revenue support grant and redistributed non-domestic rates is not hypothecated to specific services. Allocations of education related specific grants paid to local authorities are shown in the following table: Details of grant allocations to unitary authorities for 1996–97 are not available.
Specific and supplementary grants relating to education1 £ Million 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Clwyd 15.1 21.9 25.5 25.9 22.0 20.1 Dyfed 15.7 21.6 25.8 26.1 22.9 21.5 Gwent 16.3 23.5 28.6 28.5 23.8 23.4 Gwynedd 11.0 15.8 17.1 17.6 15.3 14.3 Mid Glamorgan 15.9 24.2 27.5 28.9 17.8 22.5 Powys 4.5 6.7 8.0 7.8 6.7 6.1 South Glamorgan 16.0 23.1 28.2 28.9 24.6 20.9 WestGlamorgan 14.9 20.7 23.5 23.2 20.0 18.0 1Includes grants for Education Support and Training (GEST), Welsh language education, education of children of travellers and displaced persons, mandatory student awards, training agency (TVEI) and Work Related Further Education (WRFE).