§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the net effect on school budgets of the new Fair Funding arrangements for schools during the financial year 1999–2000 for(a) England and (b) each local education authority; and if he will make a statement. [124689]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisIn 1999–2000, 82.4 per cent. of the Local Schools Budget was delegated to schools, compared with 79.2 per cent. of a broadly comparable figure in the previous year. This increase of 3.2 per cent. in the delegation rate represents an extra £634 million delegated to schools. Fair Funding will result in a further increase in delegation in 2000–01, since it is being implemented in two stages. Comparisons between individual local education authorities for change from 1999–2000 to 2000–01 will appear in expenditure tables to be available shortly.