HC Deb 11 February 1998 vol 306 cc257-8W
Mr. Liwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the change in the level of education expenditure by each local education authority in the last year against the previous year. [28012]

Mr. Hain

The information requested is given in the following table.

Local Authority Expenditure on Education1
1996–97 2£000 1997–98 3£000 Change £000 Percentage change
Blaenau Gwent 32,554 32,206 -348 -1
Bridgend 56,316 56,634 318 1
Caerphilly 75,056 74,621 -435 -1
Cardiff 127,438 127,438 0 0
Carmarthenshire 76,360 79,829 3,469 4
Ceredigion 33,961 34,711 750 2
Conwy 42,181 42,297 116 0
Denbighshire 39,001 37,764 -1,237 -3
Flintshire 62,812 62,176 -635 -1
Gwynedd 51,424 52,359 935 2
Isle of Anglesey 31,709 31,583 -126 -0
Merthyr Tydfil 28,272 28,694 422 1
Local Authority Expenditure on Education1
1996–97 2£000 1997–98 3£000 Change£000 Percentage change
Monmouthshire Neath Port 33,744 34,432 688 2
Talbot 62,469 63,616 1,147 2
Newport 61,585 63,384 1,799 3
Pembrokeshire 53,903 54,402 499 1
Powys 59,079 60,018 939 2
Rhondda Cynon Taff 108,785 113,795 5,010 4
Swansea 100,067 98,992 -1,075 -1
The Vale of Glamorgan 49,225 49,688 463 1
Torfaen 42,323 42,630 307 1
Wrexham 47,822 48,814 992 2
Total Wales 1,276,086 1,290,083 13,997 1
1 Includes schools, other continuing education, education service strategy and regulation, inter authority education recoupment, gross expenditure on mandatory student awards and payments to government in respect of grant maintained schools. Figures are gross of government grants but net of sales, fees and charges.
2 Provisional outturn.
3 Budget. Adjusted for the under five voucher scheme.