§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each year 475W from 1992 to date, the standard spending assessment increase in education allocated to Shropshire County Council; and if he will make a statement. [110129]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe data requested are given in the table. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes in local authority function over the years and are not directly comparable due to the effects of local government reorganisation.
Year SSA total Cash change £ million Percentage change 1990–91 128.2 — — 1991–92 145.5 17.3 13.5 1992–93 154.0 8.5 5.9 1993–941 134.0 — — 1994–95 135.5 1.5 1.1 1995–96 137.1 1.6 1.2 1996–97 145.3 8.2 6.0 1997–982 146.9 1.6 1.1 1998–993 95.4 — — 1999–2000 100.8 5.4 5.7 2000–01 105.4 4.6 4.5 1 From 1993–94 Education Spending Assessment figures are affected by the Creation of the Further Education Funding Council and the subsequent reduction in post-16 funding 2 In 1997–98 £527 million was removed from Education Standard Spending for the Nursery Voucher Scheme 3 In 1998–99 Shropshire was affected by Local Government Reorganisation