§ 34. Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the proportion of education funding which goes(a) directly to schools and (b) to local education authorities. [143493]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisMaintained schools receive delegated funding, and in 2000–01 this amounts to 84.2 per cent. of local education authorities' local school budgets. This includes devolved Standards Fund moneys. We have set a target of a minimum 85 per cent. delegation for 2001–02 and 87 per cent. for 2002–03. In addition, schools have received amounts ranging from £3,000 to £50,000 per school as School Standards Grant; this will continue for the next three years. In 2001–02 a typical primary school will receive £20,000 and a typical secondary school £60,000.