HC Deb 07 November 2001 vol 374 cc238-9W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the proportion of total education spending on primary and secondary education delivered through(a) Education Standard Spending assessment allocations and (b) other central Government funding streams for each of the last five years. [10820]

Mr. Timms

The table provides the information requested. It compares funding through the primary, secondary and post-16 sub-blocks of Education Standard Spending with DfES grant funding through the Standards Fund (DfES revenue grant only), School Standards Grant, Teachers' Pay Grants, Education Action Zone programme, School Budget Support Grant and Education Budget Support Grant.

Percentage
Year Primary, secondary, and post-16 ESS sub-blocks DFES grant funding
1997–98 99 1
1998–99 98 2
1999–2000 96 4
2000–01 91 9
2001–02 88 12

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 26 October 2001,Official Report column 456W, on education spending, what proportion of total spending on education was devolved to schools and colleges in each of the past 10 years. [12163]

Mr. Timms

The information requested is not available on a comparable basis across this period.