§ Mr. CatonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage of total revenue spending dedicated to schools in each of the local education authorities in Wales during the current financial year. [22602]
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Full and part time pupils by local education authority: numbers and changes, 1995 to 1997 Number of full and part time pupils1 at January: Change from: Local education authority area 1995 1996 1997 1995 to 1996 1996 to 1997 Blaenau Gwent 12,531 12,586 12,572 +55 -14 Bridgend 22,684 23,021 23,154 +337 +133 Caerphilly 31,130 31,202 31,391 +72 +189 Cardiff 51,312 52,056 52,619 +744 +563 Carmarthenshire 27,750 27,918 27,903 +168 -15 Ceredigion 10,744 10,783 10,797 +39 +14 Conwy 15,679 16,078 16,494 +399 +416 Denbighshire 15,652 15,803 16,128 +151 +325 Flintshire 25,356 25,538 25,567 +182 +29 Gwynedd 17,503 17,715 17,690 +212 -25 Isle of Anglesey 11,434 11,577 11,526 +143 -51 Merthyr Tydfil 11,760 11,729 11,670 -31 -59 Monmouthshire 12,390 12,704 12,886 +314 +182 Neath Port Talbot 23,780 23,656 23,695 -124 +39 Newport 24,976 25,059 25,189 +83 +130 Pembrokeshire 19,234 19,122 19,274 -112 +152 Powys 19,308 19,763 19,874 +455 +111
§ Mr. HainThe information requested is given in the table:
Schools budget as a percentage of local authority education budget and total revenue budget—1997–981 Schools as a percentage of education budget Schools as a percentage of total budget Blaenau Gwent 86 32 Bridgend 89 36 Caerphilly 90 36 Cardiff 85 31 Carmarthenshire 86 34 Ceredigion 83 34 Conwy 85 29 Denbighshire 87 31 Flintshire 89 37 Gwynedd 84 29 Isle of Anglesey 86 34 Merthyr Tydfil 92 36 Monmouthshire 84 36 Neath Port Talbot 89 33 Newport 87 36 Pembrokeshire 86 36 Powys 86 35 Rhondda Cynon Taff 91 37 Swansea 85 32 Torfaen 85 37 The Vale of Glamorgan 85 33 Wrexham 86 33 Wales average 87 34 1 Schools budget includes pre-primary education, other than that funded by nursery voucher provision, primary, secondary and special education, and payments to government in respect of grant maintained schools. Education budget includes schools, other continuing education, education service strategy and regulation and gross expenditure on mandatory student awards. All budgets are gross of government grants but net of income from sales, fees and charges.