§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what education funding was provided for each county in Wales for each of the past five years. [59581]
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§ Mr. HainThe bulk of funding for education is provided to local authorities through the annual revenue and capital settlements. The main additional items of specific funding were as follows:
Additional capital funding for schools (New Deal) (£) Authority Allocation 1997–98 Allocation 1998–99 Anglesey 106,000 280,178 Blaenau Gwent 110,000 290,750 Bridgend 216,000 570,928 Caerphilly 287,000 758,594 Cardiff 474,000 1,252,869 Carmarthenshire 336,000 888,110 Ceredigion 156,000 412,337 Conwy 144,000 380,619 Denbighshire 167,000 441,412 Flintshire 233,000 615,862 Gwynedd 238,000 629,078 Merthyr Tydfil 109,000 288,107 Monmouthshire 134,000 354,187 Neath Port Talbot 215,000 568,285 Newport 231,000 610,576 Pembrokeshire 208,000 549,782 Powys 393,000 1,038,771 Rhondda Cynon Taff 417,000 1,102,208 Swansea 345,000 911,899 Torfaen 154,000 407,050 Vale of Glamorgan 170,000 449,341 Wrexham 182,000 481,060 Total 5,025,000 13,282,000
Popular schools initiative (£) LEA 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Bridgend — — — 157,367 Cardiff — 199,335 2,021,304 2,817,361 Carmarthenshire 620,000 199,746 118,445 20,000 Conwy 5,529 94,416 — — Denbighshire 79,846 904,988 1,781,304 575,000 Flintshire — 153,508 542,685 1,243,000 Gwynedd — — 12,342 — Newport 33,283 1,189,943 1,268,000 31,745 Pembrokeshire — — 13,354 — Powys — 106,449 1,052,011 171,540 Swansea — 119,547 305,453 — Wrexham 8,637 20,010 604,753 — Total 747,295 2,987,942 7,719,651 5,016,013
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Grants for education support and training (GEST) £000 LEA 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Clwyd 3,225.4 3,303 — — — Dyfed 3,101.4 3,179 — — — Gwent 3,833.3 3,767 — — — Gwynedd 2,055.5 1,962.7 — — — Mid Glamorgan 4,408.6 4,416.3 — — — Powys 1,420.3 1,409.6 — — — South Glamorgan 3,122.3 3,190.7 — — — West Glamorgan 2,783.8 2,789.1 — — — Blaenau Gwent — — 674.16 688.6 731.3 Bridgend — — 1,034.05 1,095.8 1,283.12 Caerphilly — — 1,421.2 1,450.9 1,779.47 Cardiff — — 2,395.2 2,466.7 2,828.66 Carms — — 1,559.7 1,632.2 1,998.83 Ceredigion — — 754.7 759.9 939.34 Conwy — — 635.4 713.8 847.19 Denbighshire — — 824.35 835.9 1,065.37 Flintshire — — 1,205.8 1,229.9 1,496.81 Gwynedd — — 1,069.1 1,118.8 1,488.27
S2I grants to support developments in Welsh language education (£) LEA 1994–95 1995–96 Clwyd 262,900 259,500 Dyfed 242,500 261,500 Gwent 344,000 329,000 Gwynedd 227,000 214,000 Mid Glamorgan 257,100 262,500 Powys 204,000 192,000 South Glamorgan 204,500 210,500 West Glamorgan 247,500 240,500 Total 1,989,500 1,969,500 691W
LEA 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Anglesey 48,100 58,000 63,000 Gwynedd 100,000 114,000 114,000 Conwy 80,000 78,500 77,500 Denbighshire 66,300 63,800 63,300 Flintshire 94,250 87,000 82,000 Wrexham 84,850 78,250 73,000 Powys 192,000 193,500 195,000 Ceredigion 52,300 64,000 70,000 Pembrokeshire 78,450 91,000 95,000 Carmarthen 138,750 138,500 139,500 Swansea 144,300 142,250 136,245 Neath/Port Talbot 96,200 95,700 93,320 Bridgend 64,470 1— 66,808 Caerphilly 87,687 1— 89,077 Rhondda Cynon Taff 126,348 1— 127,255 Merthyr Tydfil 33,995 1— 34,995 Vale of Glamorgan 58,500 57,000 57,000 Blaenau Gwent 46,200 42,000 42,000 Torfaen 78,250 74,500 74,500 Monmouthshire 113,750 96,000 60,000 Newport 92,050 87,500 87,500 Cardiff 152,000 149,000 150,000 Total 2,028,750 1,710,500 1,991,000 1Joint total for 4 authorities–316,500 (1997–98), 312,500 (1996–97)
Grants for education support and training (GEST) £000 LEA 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Isle of Anglesey — — 566.8 592.4 753.99 Merthyr Tydfil — — 546.15 596 673.42 Monmouth — — 704.3 663 798.96 Neath Port Talbot — — 1,110.7 1,172 1,421.59 Newport — — 1,183.55 1,212.5 1,368.04 Pembroke — — 1,086 1,133.6 1,398.41 Powys — — 1,364.6 1,429 1,788.79 Rhondda Cynon Taff — — 2,060.9 2,166 2,531.58 Swansea — — 1,815.4 1,892.8 2,085.88 Torfaen — — 749.9 828.2 967.9 Vale of Glamorgan — — 894.2 977.1 1,194.34 Wrexham — — 1,010.65 1,014.8 1,177.9 Allocation at 100 per cent. 23,950.6 24,017.4 24,761.8 25,669.9 30,719.2 Note:
All figures quoted are gross programme allocations
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the financial allocations made to education services since May 1997 that have been additional to the expenditure previously agreed. [60306]
§ Mr. HainThe additional financial allocations for education services in Wales since May 1997 to date are as follows:
Allocations £ million 1997–98 School building improvements, security measures and technology facilities 5.025 1998–99 School building improvements, security measures and technology facilities 13.3 Voluntary Aided Schools—building improvements 1.0 Implementation of National Grid for Learning in Wales 3.0 Additional revenue funding for education/schools 48.8 Infant class size reduction measures 3.7 Literacy and numeracy strategies 3.5 Further Education (including £3.5m for Skills Training) 8.9 An additional £10m was also made available for higher education in Wales.