§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the education budgets for each county in Wales for(a)1998–99 and (b)1999–2000, indicating the additional allocations of ring-fenced education funding from central Government. [87985]
§ Mr. HainThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Local authority education budgets1 £000 Budget Budget Local authority share of earmarked funding 1998–99 1999–2000 1998–99 1999–2000 Isle of Anglesey 28,906 30,755 1,196 1,689 Gwynedd 47,433 50,045 1,979 2,833 Conwy 40,172 42,388 1,651 2,407 Denbighshire 36,711 37,732 1,554 2,233 Flintshire 59,366 62,705 2,417 3,494 Wrexham 46,783 49,392 1,904 2,737 Powys 55,711 58,850 2,217 3,158 Ceredigion 32,580 34,325 1,234 1,747
Local authority education budgets1 £000 Budget Budget Local authority share of earmarked funding 1998–99 1999–2000 1998–99 1999–2000 Pembrokeshire 50,340 53,410 1,986 2,853 Carmarthenshire 75,554 81,158 2,942 4,165 Swansea 90,124 93,102 3,588 5,142 Neath Port Talbot 60,023 63,616 2,224 3,215 Bridgend 54,499 57,682 2,198 3,155 Vale of Glamorgan 45,366 47,707 1,961 2,833 Cardiff 117,464 124,672 4,868 7,189 Rhondda Cynon Taff 108,752 114,760 4,208 6,014 Merthyr Tydfil 28,401 29,991 1,114 1,571 Caerphilly 73,246 78,797 3,055 4,404 Blaenau Gwent 30,587 32,087 1,214 1,762 Torfaen 39,309 41,784 1,654 2,380 Monmouthshire 31,377 32,788 1,281 1,864 Newport 59,228 62,340 2,323 3,356 Wales 1,211,932 1,280,086 48,767 70,201 1Net of all education specific grants and excluding all continuing education and payments to the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils Source
Local authority revenue account returns
This will be a matter for the National Assembly for Wales from 1 July 1999.