Isle of Wight (Expenditure)

HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 cc35-6W

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total expenditure by her Department on the Isle of Wight in 1994–95 broken down by category. [16774]

Mr. Robin Squire

The information is not available in the form requested. The Department for Education and Employment was created in July 1995. The information given relates to those functions retained by this Department after that date.

Expenditure information on schools is not held in the form requested.

The department does not hold information in such detail for either further or higher education. This should be obtainable from the Further Education Funding Council and the Higher Education Funding Council, which are responsible for the funding of further and higher institutions respectively.

Expenditure in 1994–95 by the Employment Service was £1.8 million. Expenditure by the Isle of Wight training and enterprise council was £5 million.