HC Deb 30 July 1997 vol 299 cc336-8W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will rank Welsh education authorities in order of percentage share of budget devoted to education revenue accounts for each of the last five years. [10750]

Mr. Hain

The information requested is given in the following table:

Revenue expenditure as a percentage of total authority expenditure on education (ranked)1
Per cent.
1992–93 outturn
Gwynedd 97.0
Mid Glamorgan 97.0
Clwyd 96.0
Dyfed 96.0
West Glamorgan 96.0
Gwent 95.0
South Glamorgan 94.0
Powys 91.0
1993–94 outturn
Mid Glamorgan 98.0
Gwynedd 98.0
Dyfed 97.0
Gwent 97.0
West Glamorgan 97.0
South Glamorgan 95.0
Clwyd 95.0
Powys 93.0
1994–95 outturn
Gwynedd 98.0
Mid Glamorgan 97.0
Gwent 97.0
Dyfed 96.0
West Glamorgan 95.0
Clwyd 95.0
Powys 95.0
South Glamorgan 93.0
1995–96 budgets
Gwynedd 97.0
Gwent 97.0
Dyfed 96.0
Mid Glamorgan 96.0
Powys 95.0
Clwyd 93.0
South Glamorgan 93.0
West Glamorgan 92.0
1996–97 budgets
Blaenau Gwent 99.7
Gwynedd 98.0
Cardiganshire 98.0
Isle of Anglesey 98.0
Wrexham 98.0
Monmouthshire 98.0
Swansea 97.0
Denbighshire 97.0
Torfaen 97.0
Rhondda Cynon Taff 97.0
Merthyr Tydfil 96.0
Pembrokeshire 96.0
Caerphilly 95.0
Newport 95.0
Bridgend 95.0

align="center">Rural Wales SPD 1994–99—EAGGF approvals to date
EAGGF grant approved £
Sponsor Development of Agriculture and Forestry Agri-tourism Countryside enhancement Total
ADAS 482,500 — 243,500 726,000
AnturTeifi 115,861 — — 115,861
Antur Waunfawr — — 8,250 8,250
ATB Landbase 423,064 — — 423,064

Revenue expenditure as a percentage of total local authority expenditure on education (ranked)1
Per cent.
Powys 95.0
Conwy 95.0
Carmarthenshire 94.0
The Vale of Glamorgan 93.0
Cardiff 93.0
Flintshire 92.0
Neath Port Talbot 92.0
1 Higher and further education colleges transferred out of the local authority sector on 1 April 1992 and 1 April 1993 respectively and this may affect patterns of expenditure before and after these dates.