§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list for each of the years 1995–96 to 2001–02 the(a) total amount of education SSA provided to LEAs, (b) the final education budget agreed by LEAs and (c) the amount by which the education budget exceeded SSA. [22369]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe information is given in the table:
£ million Year SSA Expenditure Difference Percentage 1995–96 17,024 17,903 879 5.2 1996–97 17,764 18,359 595 3.3 1997–98 17,840 18,237 397 2.2 1998–99 19,384 19,640 256 1.3 1999–2000 20,414 20,582 168 0.8 2000–01 21,479 21,812 333 1.6 2001–02 22,513 22,860 347 1.5 Expenditure data are outturns for 1995–96 and budgets for 2000–01 and 2001–02 because outturn data are not yet finalised.