HC Deb 11 January 2000 vol 342 cc148-51W
Mr. MacShane

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 6 December 1999,Official Report, column 416W, on local education authority administration costs, if he will list, for each local education authority, the percentage of its education budget spent on administration, ranked in decreasing order. [102859]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table gives, for each local education authority in England, information on administration expenditure, encompassing central management and administration and service, strategy and regulation costs, in decreasing percentage order for the financial year 1997–98.

Expenditure on administration by LEAs in England for financial year 1997–98
LEA number/name Expenditure on central management administration and service strategy and regulation costs (£000) Total education expenditure(£000) Administration as percentage of total education expenditure
805 Hartlepool 1,899 39,627 4.79
207 Kensington and Chelsea 2,409 50,930 4.73
865 Wiltshire 5,915 125,183 4.73
212 Wandsworth 3,823 81,418 4.70
802 North Somerset 3,502 74,918 4.67
301 Barking and Dagenham 3,782 82,155 4.60
381 Calderdale 2,882 63,093 4.57
806 Middlesbrough 2,890 64,150 4.51
857 Rutland 374 8,377 4.46
845 East Sussex 7,767 174,200 4.46
209 Lewisham 5,355 123,671 4 33
841 Darlington 1,656 38,586 4.29
916 Gloucestershire 6,431 151,161 4.25
391 Newcastle upon Tyne 5,210 124,861 4.17
925 Lincolnshire 7,965 192,649 4.13
314 Kingston upon Thames 1,887 45,821 4.12
800 Bath and North East Somerset 2,685 65,303 4.11
384 Wakefield 4,961 123,743 4.01
382 Kirklees 6,401 160,668 3.98
930 Nottinghamshire 16,335 410,159 3.98
341 Liverpool 8,431 214,669 3.93
937 Warwickshire 6,914 176,695 3.91
313 Hounslow 3,902 100,550 3.88
929 Northumberland 4,918 127,147 3.87
344 Wirral 5,324 137,692 3.87
310 Harrow 3,444 90,658 3.80
931 Oxfordshire 8,468 224,742 3.77
318 Richmond upon Thames 2,302 61,268 3.76
936 Surrey 11,662 311,806 3.74
812 North East Lincolnshire 2,573 69,514 3.70
861 Stoke on Trent 3,484 95,220 3.66
420 Isles of Scilly 48 1,315 3.65
840 Durham 7,556 207,933 3.63
354 Rochdale 3,124 86,880 3.60
933 Somerset 6,492 182,668 3.55
352 Manchester 7,160 201,489 3.55
905 Cambridgeshir 8,392 236,410 3.55
373 Sheffield 6,408 185,078 3.46
357 Tameside 2,935 86,124 3.41
302 Barnet 4,021 118,117 3.40
855 Leicestershire 7,991 234,971 3.40
334 Solihull 2,960 87,664 3.38
372 Rotherham 3,626 108,887 3.33
923 Lancashire 19,887 600,316 3.31
808 Stockton on Tees 2,562 77,953 3.29
820 Bedfordshire 4,738 145,643 3.25
811 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,057 125,270 3.24
304 Brent 2,883 89,318 3.23
359 Wigan 4,094 127,446 3.21
356 Stockport 3,434 106,917 3.21
850 Hampshire 13,474 422,229 3.19
342 St. Helens 2,519 78,961 3.19
938 West Sussex 8,767 275,954 3.18
810 Kingston upon Hull, City of 3,464 109,040 3.18
831 Derby City 2,428 76,492 3.17
333 Sandwell 4,199 132,886 3.16
383 Leeds 9,419 298,406 3.16
311 Havering 2,623 83,266 3 15
821 Luton 2,436 77,349 3 15
903 Berkshire 8,404 267,657 3.14
316 Newham 4,267 135,924 3.14
336 Wolverhampton 3,464 112,340 3.08
919 Hertfordshire 11,744 381,000 3.08
306 Croydon 3,604 117,322 3.07
815 North Yorkshire 6,894 226,612 3.04
851 Portsmouth 1,952 64,417 3 03
380 Bradford 6,516 215,243 3 03
370 Barnsley 2,555 84,761 3 01
351 Bury 2,173 72,152 3.01
350 Bolton 3,284 110,539 2.97
Expenditure on administration by LEAs in England for financial year 1997–98
LEA number/name Expenditure on central management administration and service strategy and regulation costs (£000) Total education expenditure (£000) Administration as percentage of total education expenditure
309 Haringey 3,431 115,506 2.97
807 Redcar and Cleveland 1,907 65,203 2.92
332 Dudley 3,070 109,300 2.81
343 Sefton 3,611 129,018 2.80
330 Birmingham 13,139 474,930 2.77
928 Northamptonshire 5,848 219,386 2.67
866 Swindon 1,485 56,529 2.63
371 Doncaster 3,477 132,740 2.62
358 Trafford 1,906 73,978 2.58
908 Cornwall 4,839 191,084 2.53
911 Devon 9,049 379,671 2.38
317 Redbridge 2,566 111,188 2.31
835 Dorset 3,066 132,855 2.31
932 Shropshire 3,549 159,324 2.23
353 Oldham 2,343 106,845 2.23
906 Cheshire 8,888 409,158 2.17
335 Walsall 2,258 106,613 2.12
816 York,City of> 1,359 64,254 2.12
935 Suffolk> 5,309 255,730 2.08
909 Cumbria> 3,581 172,573 2.08
926 Norfolk> 5,349 261,104 2.05
830 Derbyshire> 4,688 246,721 1.90
918 Hereford and Worcester> 4,791 255,477 1.88
394 Sunderland> 2,218 121,571 1.82
331 Coventry 2,518 148,766 1.69
392 North Tyneside 1,217 79,219 1.54
915 Essex 5,872 423,907 1.39
852 Southampton 1,058 80,828 1.31
208 Lambeth 768 101,093 0.76
860 Staffordshire 2,243 301,949 0.74
Total 678,572 18,898,737 3.59