HC Deb 18 May 1998 vol 312 cc282-5W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will rank all local education authorities in terms of the percentage of their potential schools budget under section 122 statements spent on special education provision including special units. [42041]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 18 May 1998]: The following table gives the amounts of SEN funding held centrally by LEAs shown as a ranking for England for 1997–98. The figures are derived from the budget statements produced by the local authorities and as such represent the estimated spend for the financial year in question. Many LEAs delegate some or most of their funding for SEN to schools. The table provides only a partial picture of total funding on SEN, and LEAs' spending centrally will be affected by their decisions on what is delegated. Information on spending on SEN by schools from their delegated budgets is not collected centrally.

Extract from section 122 budget statements (England) 1997–98
LEA name PSB (000s)(a) All SEN(non-delegated)funding(000s)(b) Column (b) as percentage of column (a) (c)
Cambridgeshire 158,375.0 10,986.0 6.94
Cornwall 140,232.0 9,105.0 6.49
Bolton 83,402.5 5,316.0 6.37
Calderdale 42,622.1 2,563.1 6.01
Bromley 43,700.0 2,573.0 5.89
Barnsley 63,111.0 3,596.0 5.70
Barnet 76,932.6 4,314.3 5.61
Bradford 150,074.0 8,224.0 5.48
Derby City 53,312.0 2,728.0 5.12
Lancashire 426,027.0 20,966.0 4.92
Lincolnshire 135,364.0 6,652.0 4.91
Somerset 134,228.0 6,510.0 4.85
Derbyshire 175,795.0 8,502.0 4.84
Doncaster 103,673.0 4,950.0 4.77
Ealing 73,666.8 3,512.5 4.77
Merton 49,621.7 2,355.6 4.75
Kent 346,365.9 16,262.9 4.70
Barking/Dagenham 63,669.0 2,951.0 4.63
Leicester City 99,464.0 4,532.0 4.56
Lambeth 55,392.0 2,523.0 4.55
Camden 57,899.0 2,575.0 4.45
Isle of Wight 38,910.6 1,711.2 4.40
Newham 96,673 4,222.0 4.37
Harrow 64,869.0 2,785.0 4.29
Durham 156,152.0 6,701.0 4.29
Gateshead 63,662.0 2,709.0 4.26
Wakefield 96,809.0 4,088.0 4.22
Stockport 80,608.7 3,379.2 4.19
Swindon 42,057.0 1,748.0 4.16
Wandsworth 51,327.0 2,127.0 4.14
Hereford/Worcester 186,570.0 7,700.0 4.13
Brighton and Hove 61,444.0 2,535.0 4.13
Richmond 43,863.5 1,808.7 4.12
Darlington 28,928.0 1,172.0 4.05
Haringey 79,022.0 3,196.0 4.04
Essex 283,166.0 11,379.0 4.02
Warwickshire 132,274.5 5,144.9 3.89
Gloucestershire 96,216.0 3,712.0 3.86
Wiltshire 83,113.0 3,150.0 3.79
Tower Hamlets 91,487.7 3,451.6 3.77
South Gloucestershire 79,015.0 2,893.0 3.66
Enfield 86,417.0 3,157.0 3.65
Kirklees 118,668.3 4,305.7 3.63
Sheffield 135,507.0 4,866.0 3.59
Leicestershire 178,708.0 6,311.0 3.53
Hertfordshire 277,511.0 9,788.0 3.53
Devon 282,327.0 9,928.0 3.52
Bournemouth 29,625.3 1,035.0 3.49
Trafford 53,313.0 1,855.0 3.48
North Somerset 56,706.0 1,959.0 3.45
Poole 25,269.0 856.9 3.39
Redcar and Cleveland 50,415.0 1,693.0 3.36
Croydon 77,674.0 2,593.0 3.34
South Tyneside 48,820.0 1,606.0 3.29
Havering 67,518.2 2,205.4 3.27
Northumberland 96,268.0 3,134.0 3.26
North Tyneside 59,721.0 1,930.0 3.23
St. Helens 60,050.0 1,921.7 3.20
York 47,914.0 1,530.0 3.19
Surrey 221,698.0 7,018.0 3.17
Kingston 30,867.0 969.0 3.14
Bath and NE Somerset 49,667.0 1,537.0 3.09
North Yorkshire 173,467.0 5,340.0 3.08
Salford 71,892.0 2,210.0 3.07
Milton Keynes 52,296.0 1,595.0 3.05
Nottinghamshire 307,514.0 9,286.0 3.02
Extract from section 122 budget statements (England) 1997–98
LEA name PSB (000s) (a) All SEN (non-delegated) funding (000s) (b) Column (b) as percentage of column (a) (c)
Middlesbrough 49,824.0 1,469.0 2.95
West Sussex 212,697.0 6,243.0 2.94
Westminster 47,285.7 1,386.4 2.93
Sefton 97,588.9 2,781.7 2.85
Norfolk 192,569.0 5,432.0 2.82
Walsall 78,957.9 2,191.0 2.77
Rutland 4,583.0 127.0 2.77
Cheshire 314,695.0 8,607.0 2.74
Oxfordshire 160,389.0 4,356.0 2.72
North Lincolnshire 50,739.0 1,369.0 2.70
Tameside 62,913.0 1,673.0 2.66
Dorset 93,090.0 2,462.7 2.65
Kensington and Chelsea 27,425.0 720.0 2.63
Rotherham 86,756.4 2,223.4 2.56
Cumbria 115,518.0 2,950.0 2.55
Hartlepool 30,213.0 764.0 2.53
Bexley 64,088.0 1,612.0 2.52
Sandwell 101,336.0 2,532.0 2.50
Hull 83,879.0 2,071.0 2.47
Solihull 68,856.1 1,699.4 2.47
Wirral 100,853.0 2,484.0 2.46
Newcastle 84,057.6 2,067.3 2.46
Southwark 70,462.0 1,726.0 2.45
East Riding 98,964.0 2,416.0 2.44
Rochdale 59,103.0 1,439.0 2.43
Birmingham 356,109.0 8,611.0 2.42
Coventry 108,300.0 2,618.0 2.42
Stoke-on-Trent 71,002.0 1,707.0 2.40
Sunderland 96,686.0 2,266.0 2.34
East Sussex 133,969.0 3,009.0 2.25
North East Lincolnshire 56,236.0 1,245.0 2.21
Staffordshire 230,216.1 4,981.5 2.16
Stockton on Tees 63,182.0 1,338.0 2.12
Oldham 84,206.0 1,758.0 2.09
Liverpool 150,988.6 2,919.7 1.93
Buckinghamshire 126,080.0 2,429.0 1.93
Suffolk 200,483.4 3,814.7 1.90
Hackney 67,214.5 1,264.1 1.88
Bristol 112,419.8 2,070.7 1.84
Wolverhampton 77,955.4 1,384.1 1.78
Shropshire 113,449.0 1,999.0 1.76
Luton 51,034.0 881.0 1.73
Islington 60,655.4 1,041.5 1.72
Hounslow 76,140.0 1,104.0 1.45
Hammersmith and Fulham 40,177.7 569.0 1.42
Sutton 39,845.2 456.9 1.15
Northamptonshire 165,140.3 1,834.2 1.11
Wigan 103,673.0 1,139.0 1.10
Dudley 82,937.0 875.0 1.06
Berkshire 200,668.0 2,002.0 1.00
Hampshire 320,474.0 3,166.0 0.99
Portsmouth 49,949.0 467.0 0.93
Leeds 226,303.5 1,959.5 0.87
Knowsley 58,105.0 477.3 0.82
Manchester 145,167.0 1,187.0 0.82
Bedfordshire 107,198.0 829.0 0.77
Bury 52,799.0 399.0 0.76
Southampton 61,501.4 393.1 0.64
Hillingdon 44,863.0 276.0 0.62
Lewisham 84,416.6 490.4 0.58
Brent 49,652.0 189.0 0.38
Greenwich 87,744.1 225.9 0.26
Redbridge 80,900.0 136.0 0.17
Corporation of London 724.0 0.0 0.00
Waltham Forest 72,296.0 0.0 0.00
Isles of Scilly 883.0 0.0 0.00

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the impact of segregated special education on community care policies. [41923]

Ms Estelle Morris

We do not have information which implies a link between type of educational provision and subsequent need for community care. We are considering how best to collect information about the experiences, once they have left school, of young people with special educational needs, with the aim of helping schools and colleges prepare young people for adult life more effectively.