HC Deb 05 December 1997 vol 302 c389W
Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what was the education budget set by each local education authority in England for each of the last three years for which information is available; [17894]

(2) what percentage of the potential schools budget for each local education authority in England was delegated to schools in the last three years for which information is available; [17906]

(3) what was the potential schools budget for each local education authority in England and for the last three years for which information is available; [17908]

(4) what was the general schools budget for each LEA in England for the last three years for which information is available; [17909]

(5) what was the level of funding for Service, Strategy and Regulatory activities in each English LEA budget for each of the last three years for which information is available. [17910]

Mr. Byers

The information, contained in a number of tables, sets out, for each local education authority in England, its education budget, General Schools Budget, Potential Schools Budget and the proportion of the PSB delegated to schools, for the years 1995–96 to 1997–98. Data on services strategy and regulation are available only from outturn returns; 1995–96 is the latest year for which figures are available.

A copy of the tables has been placed in the Library.