HC Deb 07 June 1996 vol 278 cc571-5W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will(a) list the change in 1996–97 education standard spending assessment (i) in cash, (ii) as a percentage of total standard spending assessment and (iii) in pounds per pupil aged five to 18 years for each education authority and by class, arising from her decision to reverse the policy of increasing allowances for additional educational needs and free school meals in line with increases in the number

Table of results
1 2 3 4 5 6
Local Education Authority 1996–97 Education SSA £ million Cash difference £ million Percentage difference in SSA Percentage Actual 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Adjusted 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Change in 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £
Tower Hamlets 122.839 -2.599 -2.1 3,547 3,633 -86
Hackney 92.084 -1.624 -1.8 3,504 3,579 -75
Lambeth 100.826 -1.687 -1.7 3,542 3,618 -75
Southwark 109.297 -1.830 -1.7 3,343 3,411 -68
Islington 81.095 -1.281 -1.6 3,320 3,383 -63
Haringey 93.427 -1.567 -1.7 3,060 3,122 -61
Camden 78.312 -1.147 -1.5 3,318 3,376 -58
Newham 130.381 -2.118 -1.6 3,036 3,093 -57
Hammersmith and Fulham 56.047 -0.733 -1.3 3,271 3,324 -53
Lewisham 108.942 -1.410 -1.3 3,244 3,294 -50
Manchester 188.261 -2.938 -1.6 2,689 2,738 -49
Brent 109.692 -1.492 -1 4 3,018 3,066 -48
Greenwich 114.263 -1.357 -1.2 3,177 3,220 -43
Westminster 58.134 -0.630 -1.1 3,123 3,164 -41
Waltham Forest 97.421 -1.129 -1.2 2,897 2,937 -39
Knowsley 73.138 -0.897 -1.2 2,605 2,642 -36
Kensington and Chelsea 34.193 -0.299 -0.9 3,058 3,093 -35

of children of income support claimants and (b) rank each authority in descending order in terms of cash lost per pupil; [31051]

(2) if she will list the representations from local authorities to date (a) in favour and (b) against her decision to reverse the policy of increasing additional educational needs allowances and free school meals in line with increases in the number of children of income support claimants; and if she will make a statement; [31052]

(3) if she will list the proportion of education standard spending assessment distributed by the additional educational needs index (a) in 1990–91, (b) in 1995–96 and (c) in 1996–97 for each education sub-block and in total. [30997]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information is set out in the tables. Options setting out different ways of calculating the allowances in the schools standard spending assessment—SSA—sub-blocks for additional educational needs and free school meals were presented to the local authority associations last year for consultation. The option chosen was to reset the allowances at the levels derived from the 1993 review of standard spending assessments. The option chosen is supported by the Association of County Councils and opposed by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities and the Association of London Government. To date, I have received representations from two local authorities opposing the option chosen.

Proportion of education standard spending assessments distributed by the additional educational needs index
SSA Sub-block 1990–91 Per cent. 1995–96 Per cent. 1996–97 Per cent.
Primary 20.0 17.4 15.7
Secondary 20.0 17.4 15.7
Post-16 18.0 17.5 16.5
Under fives 70.0 37.5 37.5
Other 70.0 62.9 63.4
Total 24.5 20.9 19.3

Table of results
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Local Education Authority 1996–97 Education SSA £ million Cash difference £ million Percentage difference in SSA Percentage Actual 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Adjusted 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Change in 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £
Liverpool 209.232 -2.527 -1.2 2,573 2,608 -35
Wandsworth 86.304 -0.808 -0.9 3,090 3,124 -35
Birmingham 448.721 -4.720 -1.1 2,538 2,569 -30
Ealing 112.151 -0.912 -0.8 2,793 2,820 -26
Hounslow 94.807 -0.689 -0.7 2,759 2,782 -23
Newcastle upon Tyne 99.652 -0.764 -0.8 2,461 2,483 -22
Middlesbrough 61.491 -0.452 -0.7 2,449 2,470 -20
Wolverhampton 99.898 -0.721 -0.7 2,450 2,470 -20
Barking and Dagenham 69.879 -0.413 -0.6 2,661 2,679 -18
City of Kingston upon Hull 102.701 -0.659 -0.6 2,408 2,426 -18
Enfield 117.827 -0.664 -0.6 2,703 2,720 -17
Bradford 209.868 -1.217 -0.6 2,433 2,448 -16
Coventry 119.872 -0.663 -0.6 2,395 2,410 -15
Sandwell 118.096 -0.643 -0.5 2,392 2,407 -15
Salford 82.496 -0.413 -0.5 2,365 2,378 -14
Wirral 132.298 -0.645 -0.5 2,384 2,397 -13
Croydon 118.396 -0.493 -0.4 2,649 2,662 -13
Redbridge 98.258 -0.351 -0.4 2,657 2,668 -11
Gateshead 70.844 -0.246 -0.3 2,357 2,366 -9
City of Bristol 119.870 -0.386 -0.3 2,338 2,347 -9
Rochdale 82.736 -0.265 -0.3 2,356 2,364 -8
South Tyneside 59.030 -0.191 -0.3 2,343 2,352 -8
Walsall 108.588 -0.331 -0.3 2,342 2,350 -8
Redcar and Cleveland 59.590 -0.174 -0.3 2,377 2,385 -8
Hartlepool 37.013 -0.102 -0.3 2,337 2,344 -7
Barnet 117.029 -0.268 -0.2 2,598 2,605 -7
Sunderland 114.863 -0.296 -0.3 2,342 2,349 -7
Oldham 94.759 -0.241 -0.3 2,341 2,348 -7
Sheffield 170.970 -0.397 -0.2 2,331 2,337 -6
Merton 58.096 -0.089 -0.2 2,574 2,578 -5
Doncaster 119.68 -0.205 -0.2 2,394 2,399 -5
Hillingdon 93.797 -0.133 -0.1 2,584 2,588 -4
Calderdale 77.167 -0.106 -0.1 2,338 2,341 -4
Rotherham 102.425 -0.123 -0.1 2,325 2,328 -3
Sefton 106.847 -0.128 -0.1 2,296 2,299 -3
North Tyneside 68.757 -0.057 -0.1 2,293 2,295 -2
Bolton 100.891 -0.078 -0.1 2,283 2,285 -2
North East Lincolnshire 64.840 -0.045 -0.1 2,308 2,309 -2
Stockton on Tees 71.747 -0.008 0.0 2,310 2,310 0
St. Helens 66.604 -0.005 0.0 2,291 2,291 0
Nottinghamshire 365.135 -0.017 0.0 2,312 2,312 0
Harrow 72.990 0.007 0.0 2,552 2,551 0
Leeds 252.509 0.036 0.0 2,284 2,283 0
Sutton 67.782 0.016 0.0 2,554 2,553 1
City of London 0.759 0.000 0.0 2,866 2,864 1
Kirklees 141.523 0.095 0.1 2,305 2,303 2
Barnsley 76.867 0.059 0.1 2,277 2,275 2
Bedfordshire 220.156 0.207 0.1 2,416 2,413 3
Durham 216.644 0.219 0.1 2,330 2,327 3
Lancashire 510.448 0.766 0.1 2,289 2,285 4
Leicestershire 333.840 0.588 0.2 2,296 2,291 4
East Sussex 219.761 0.378 0.2 2,390 2,385 5
Bexley 88.646 0.157 0.2 2,502 2,497 5
Trafford 76.735 0.155 0.2 2,237 2,232 5
Wakefield 111.605 0.262 0.2 2,223 2,217 6
Isle of Wight Council 45.138 0.099 0.2 2,445 2,439 6
Kingston upon Thames 47.066 0.099 0.2 2,488 2,482 6
Wigan 110.133 0.292 0.3 2,218 2,212 7
Kent 581.733 1.431 0.2 2,405 2,399 7
Tameside 80.591 0.217 0.3 2,210 2,203 7
Dudley 104.158 0.292 0.3 2,209 2,202 7
Bury 61.635 0.184 0.3 2,208 2,201 7
Devon 345.862 1.070 0.3 2,305 2,297 8
Northamptonshire 222.270 0.815 0.4 2,269 2,260 9
Essex 566.981 1.994 0.4 2,418 2,409 9
Berkshire 282.308 1.009 0.4 2,414 2,405 10
Cheshire 348.970 1.392 0.4 2,238 2,228 10
Havering 87.183 0.314 0.4 2,473 2,463 10

Table of results
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Local Education Authority 1996–97 Education SSA £ million Cash difference £ million Percentage difference in SSA Percentage Actual 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Adjusted 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £ Change in 5 to 18+ SSA per pupil £
Bromley 103.845 0.389 0.4 2,450 2,440 10
Dorset 207.427 0.850 0.4 2,257 2,246 10
Derbyshire 319.922 1.328 0.4 2,245 2,235 10
Bath and North East Somerset 54.404 0.230 0.4 2,226 2,216 10
Cornwall 164.930 0.704 0.4 2,330 2,319 11
Cambridgeshire 237.278 1.042 0.4 2,301 2,289 11
Solihull 73.069 0.348 0.5 2,184 2,173 11
Hertfordshire 387.245 1.663 0.4 2,457 2,445 12
York 52.793 0.250 0.5 2,208 2,196 12
Buckinghamshire 252.855 1.155 0.5 2,405 2,393 12
Staffordshire 366.019 1.826 0.5 2,220 2,208 12
Northumberland 113.513 0.571 0.5 2,301 2,289 13
Norfolk 243.384 1.242 0.5 2,324 2,312 13
Stockport 89.804 0.478 0.5 2,156 2,143 13
Hampshire 525.153 2.700 0.5 2,308 2,295 13
North Lincolnshire 56.381 0.301 0.5 2,290 2,276 13
Cumbria 170.602 0.919 0.5 2,305 2,291 14
Gloucestershire 183.797 1.014 0.6 2,254 2,240 14
West Sussex 235.410 1.285 0.5 2,343 2,329 14
Warwickshire 164.025 0.951 0.6 2,237 2,223 14
Lincolnshire 213.026 1.197 0.6 2,329 2,314 14
Shropshire 145.332 0.830 0.6 2,279 2,265 14
Hereford and Worcester 229.005 1.404 0.6 2,251 2,235 15
Wiltshire 197.517 1.304 0.7 2,246 2,230 16
South Gloucestershire 78.677 0.547 0.7 2,152 2,136 16
Suffolk 217.470 1.476 0.7 2,243 2,227 17
North Somerset 58.642 0.416 0.7 2,203 2,186 17
Somerset 150.908 1.093 0.7 2,256 2,238 18
Oxfordshire 192.571 1.340 0.7 2,329 2,311 18
Richmond upon Thames 45.854 0.316 0.7 2,348 2,330 19
North Yorkshire 185.854 1.603 0.9 2,287 2,265 21
East Riding of Yorkshire 102.954 0.928 0.9 2,237 2,215 22
Surrey 307.474 2.515 0.8 2,393 2,371 22
Isles of Scilly 1.233 0.012 0.9 4,259 4,215 44
Total 17764.242 0.000 0.0 2,403 2,403 0
Inner London 1043.096 -15.404 -1.5 3,314 3,373 -59
Outer London 1824.526 -9.019 -0.5 2,680 2,695 -15
Metropolitan borough 4304.322 -16.400 -0.4 2,368 2,378 -10
Shires 9484.108 38.362 0.4 2,322 2,311 10
New Authorities 1106.975 2.449 0.2 2,293 2,288 6
Isles of Scilly 1.233 0.012 0.9 4,259 4,215 44

1. Columns 4 and 5 calculate SSA per 5 to 18+ pupil by dividing the sum of the primary, secondary and post-16 SSA sub-blocks by the sum of pupils aged 5 to 10, 11 to 15 and post-16, as defined in the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1996–97.

2. Column 4 sets out the actual level of SSA per pupil aged 5 to 18+ for 1996–97. Column 5 sets out what the level of SSA per pupil would have been without the change in methodology.

3. Column 6 ranks each authority in descending order of the change in SSA funding per pupil.