HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 cc451-3W
Mr. Healey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many local authorities in all classes have been awarded a provisional SSA settlement for 1998–99 for the education block of less than a 5.7 per cent. increase; and if he will list these authorities with their respective figures; [23293]

(2) how many Metropolitan district authorities have been awarded a provisional SSA settlement for 1998–99 for the education block which is less than a 5.7 per cent. increase; and if he will list these authorities with their respective figures. [23292]

Ms Armstrong

Eighty four local education authorities have been awarded a provisional SSA settlement for 1998–99 for the education block of less than a 5.7 per cent. increase. Of these, eighteen are metropolitan district authorities. The authorities are listed in the table.

Education standard spending assessment changeadjusted 1997–98 to consultation 1998–99
Local authority Adjusted 1997–98 Education SSA (£ million) Consultation 1998–99 Education SSA (£ million) SSA Change (per cent.)
Greater London
City of London 0.877 0.818 -6.7
Camden 81.386 83.841 3.0
Greenwich 115.354 120.621 4.6
Hackney 96.311 99.145 2.9
Hammersmith and Fulham 57.530 60.115 4.5
Islington 83.299 87.978 5.6
Lambeth 100.611 105.060 4.4
Southwark 111.181 116.858 5.1
Wandsworth 91.681 93.739 2.2
Westminster 60.952 62.933 3.3
Barnet 122.305 128.973 5.5
Brent 113.327 117.836 4.0
Haringey 98.795 103.651 4.9
Harrow 74.287 77.969 5.0
Hillingdon 97.883 102.688 4.9
Hounslow 98.522 102.119 3.7
Kingston upon Thames 48.814 50.913 4.3
Merton 60.425 63.347 4.8
Richmond upon Thames 48.089 49.857 3.7
Sutton 70.654 74.468 5.4
Waltham Forest 99.516 104.442 4.9
Greater Manchester
Oldham 98.466 103.665 5.3
Trafford 80.841 84.861 5.0
Wigan 113.230 119.463 5.5
Merseyside
Knowsley 77.161 81.506 5.6
Wirral 135.458 142.389 5.1
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 79.127 83.310 5.3
Rotherham 105.402 109.939 4.3
Sheffield 174.938 184.605 5.5
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 71.781 75.100 4.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 101.361 106.520 5.1
North Tyneside 70.464 74.457 5.7
Sunderland 117.965 123.893 5.0
West Midlands
Birmingham 458.879 484.482 5.6
Coventry 123.607 130.488 5.6
Walsall 112.742 118.205 4.8
Wolverhampton 101.401 106.549 5.1
West Yorkshire
Bradford 215.623 225.110 4.4
Calderdale 79.504 83.537 5.1
All Purpose Authorities
Blackburn 64.883 68.166 5.1
Bournemouth 50.588 52.705 4.2
Bracknell Forest 38.489 39.684 3.1
Bristol 122.005 127.784 4.7
Derby 87.194 91.878 5.4
Halton 54.651 57.018 4.3
Kingston upon Hull 105.033 110.027 4.8
Leicester 125.196 129.804 3.7
Luton 80.479 83.584 3.9
Medway Towns 107.290 112.366 4.7
Middlesbrough 62.787 65.583 4.5
Milton Keynes 85.526 88.693 3.7
Newbury 55.021 57.620 4.7
North East Lincolnshire 66.563 70.101 5.3
North Somerset 61.234 64.601 5.5
Nottingham 106.722 111.057 4.1
Peterborough 73.070 76.663 4.9
Plymouth 99.020 102.180 3.2
Poole 45.175 46.932 3.9
Reading 43.654 45.559 4.4
Rutland 10.916 11.246 3.0
Education standard spending assessment changeadjusted 1997–98 to consultation 1998–99
Local authority Adjusted 1997–98 Education SSA (£ million) Consultation 1998–99 Education SSA (£ million) SSA Change(per cent.)
Stockton on Tees 74.022 77.854 5.2
The Wrekin 59.219 62.565 5.6
Torbay 44.248 46.710 5.6
Windsor and Maidenhead 47.071 48.951 4.0
Wokingham 53.150 55.573 4.6
Isles of Scilly 1.156 1.200 3.8
Shire counties
Bedfordshire 146.083 154.038 5.4
Buckinghamshire 175.930 183.785 4.5
Cambridgeshire 170.782 180.209 5.5
Cornwall 171.300 179.349 4.7
Cumbria 176.084 186.094 5.7
Derbyshire 244.681 257.662 5.3
Durham 184.515 194.500 5.4
Leicestershire 204.883 215.263 5.1
Norfolk 257.396 270.332 5.0
Northumberland 118.090 123.316 4.4
Nottinghamshire 268.254 280.511 4.6
Oxfordshire 199.130 207.934 4.4
Shropshire 91.113 95.362 4.7
Suffolk 226.258 237.019 4.8
Surrey 320.831 338.100 5.4
West Sussex 241.347 254.553 5.5
Wiltshire 142.019 149.402 5.2
Worcestershire 180.787 188.027 4.0

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