HC Deb 12 March 1996 vol 273 c566W
Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of local education authority funding is retained for administration by Sheffield local education authority; how much of this was delegated to support services for each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [20040]

Mr. Robin Squire

The table sets out Sheffield local education authority's expenditure in the last thee years, as a percentage of its total education spending, on(a) management and administration and services strategy and regulation; (b) inspection and advisory services; (c) other education support services, including the education welfare service, educational psychology services and operational units; and (d) school catering services.

1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
(a) 3.4 3.4 3.9
(b) 0.5 0.2 0.4
(c) 2.3 2.6 2.7
(d) 3.7 4.2 4.0