Walsall (Funding) (Hansard, 11 May 2001)

§ Ms Estelle Morris

I refer my hon. Friend to the letter sent on 16 February from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, setting out the total funding for Walsall local education authority for the years 1996–97 to 2001–02.

There have been some adjustments made to the capital allocations in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. Following are the updated figures for Walsall local education authority between the years 1997–98 and 2001–02.

£ million
	SSA	Grants	Capital
1997–98	108.9	4.7	2.2
1998–99	118.2	1.5	3.6
1999–2000	124.6	4.9	8.3
2000–01	130.3	11.2	8.9
2001–02	134.7	10.8	¹5.9
¹ So far issued

Between 1992–93 and 1997–98, average recurrent funding per pupil fell nationally by £120 in real terms from £2,830 to £2,710. Since then, it has risen by an average of £540 in real terms, to £3,250 this year. By 2003–04, it will have increased by around £750 in real terms since 1997–98.

Remploy APA 2001–02: Proposed Targets
	Proposed target 2001–02	Target 2000–01	Forecast outturn 2000–01
Progressions
Total	¹1,800	²700	³700
of which minimum:
Factory to Interwork	400	—	—
Interwork to Placement	400	—	—
All sources to mainstream	700	—	—
Total unit cost	£9,250	£9,600	£9,526
External financing limit	⁴£99.16 million	⁴£99.16 million	£99.16 million
Gross margin⁵	£57 million	⁵£53.3 million	⁵£50.9 million
Non-Productive Time (excludes times spent on formal training)	25%	⁶—	31%
¹ The individual targets are 300 short of the overall target. This will enable Remploy to have some flexibility within the total APA.
² Includes internal progressions and those to mainstream (unsupported) employment.
³ Of which 480 to mainstream.
⁴Includes a £5 million loan facility.
⁵ This target was negotiated as part of the milestones agreed for release of the additional £5 million modernisation money this year, therefore covers the period January-March 2001 only.
⁶ Not an APA target currently.