§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the cash and percentage funding variance of Leicestershire county council from the county council Standard Spending Assessment average in each year between 1991–92 to 2000–01. [110840]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Variance in Education SSA Cash £ million Percentage 1990–91 49.2 21.6 1991–92 56.6 21.4 1992–93 61.4 21.7 1993–941 56.4 22.1 1994–95 53.3 20.5 1995–96 52.8 20.0 1996–97 64.5 24.0 1997–982 -50.1 -19.9 1998–99 -35.5 -14.2 1999–2000 -30.2 -11.7 2000–01 -31.5 -11.6 1 In 1993–94 Education Standard Spending was reduced by the creation of the further Educatiion 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. Leicestershire was also affected by Local Government Reorganisation—the old Leicestershire LEA was split into Leicester City, Rutland and 1997 Leicestershire. The figures from 1997–98 to 2000–01 quoted in this table are for 1997 Leicestershire.