§ Mr. PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many local education authorities in East Anglia increased the amount spent on administration and reduced the amount spent on schools in the last year for which information is available. [2049]
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 5 November 1996]: The following table sets out changes in spending on schools and on administration, in cash and in percentage terms, between 1993–94 and 1994–95, the latest years for which data are available. The table also shows the relevant pupil numbers. Figures are given for Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex LEAs. Pupils in, and expenditure on, grant-maintained schools in these areas are not included.
1993–94 1994–95 Variance Variance percentage Cambridgeshire Pupils (number) 86,480 84,063 -2,417 -2.8 Net current expenditure Administration (£000s) 7,799 8,323 524 6.7 Schools (£000s) 162,551 163,096 545 0.3 Essex Pupils (number) 160,305 139,815 -20,490 -12.8 Net current expenditure Administration (£000s) 7,608 7,854 246 3.2 Schools (£000s) 354,345 313,766 -40,579 -11.5 Norfolk Pupils (number) 93,114 92,657 -457 -0.5 Net current expenditure Administration (£000s) 5,469 5,668 199 3.6 Schools (£000s) 190,063 191,726 1,663 0.9 Suffolk Pupils (number) 91,060 93,002 1,942 2.1 Net current expenditure Administration (£000s) 5,721 5,215 -506 -8.8 Schools (£000s) 188,864 196,896 8,032 4.3