HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 cc163-8W
Mr. Brady

To ask the secretary of state for Education and Skills what percentary of education funding was delegated to schools by local education

Mr. Timms

Only one proposal for a change of school category has been rejected by a School Organisation Committee since the change of category regulations were introduced in September 2000. Proposals published by the governing body of Olney Middle Community School, to become a Foundation School, were rejected by Milton Keynes School Organisation Committee in March this year. The Committee stated that their reason for rejection was that the proposals were not in the best interests of education in the area because they did not demonstrate how the change would support improving standards.

In another five cases, the School Organisation Committee was not able to arrive at a unanimous decision, so the change proposals were referred to the Schools Adjudicator, who approved them.

Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which maintained schools have changed status between(a) foundation, (b) community, (c) voluntary aided and (d) other in each year since the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 created the categories, giving the initial status and the new status in each case. [51945]

Mr. Timms

The following schools have changed category since the Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools)(England) Regulations came into force on September 2000:

authority area in the latest year for which figures are available, estimating the extra spending per pupil in each authority delegated at the highest percentage level. [52085]

Mr. Timms

The following table sets out, for each local education authority,(a) the percentage of the Local Schools Budget (LSB) delegated to schools in 2001–02 and (b) the additional amount per pupil which would have been delegated to schools if the LEA had delegated 90.6 per cent. of its LSB (this being the highest delegation percentage achieved by any LEA).

Column 1 Column 2 Increase in delegated funding if LEA had delegated at level of highest delegating authority
LEA name Percentage of LSB delegated 2001–02 £ per pupil
Havering 90.6 0
Southend-on-Sea 90.3 8
Lincolnshire 90.3 7
Barnet 90.2 11
Sefton 89.5 32
Northamptonshire 89.0 44
Rotherham 88.9 47
Wigan 88.8 50
West Berkshire 88.7 53
Trafford 88.6 55
Brent 88.5 70
Kingston upon Thames 88.5 62
Kirklees 88.5 59
Halton 88.4 66
Lewisham 88.3 89
Hillingdon 88.3 68
Stoke-on-Trent 88.3 64
Northumberland 88.3 62
Redbridge 88.2 75
Peterborough 88.1 75
Tower Hamlets 88.0 115
Bournemouth 88.0 74
Sandwell 87.9 80
Slough 87.9 87
Cumbria 87.8 79
Birmingham 87.7 96
St. Helens 87.7 82
Salford 87.6 89
Devon 87.6 80
Shropshire 87.6 79
Poole 87.5 86
Rochdale 87.4 91
Durham 87.4 92
Plymouth 87.4 91
Hammersmith and Fulham 87.3 136
Redcar and Cleveland 87.3 93
Brighton and Hove 87.3 101
West Sussex 87.3 93
Wirral 87.1 101
Norfolk 87.1 98
Sutton 87.0 109
South Tyneside 87.0 107
Warrington 87.0 97
Hounslow 86.9 126
Solihull 86.9 97
Liverpool 86.9 121
Hartlepool 86.9 106
East Sussex 86.9 107
Southampton 86.9 115
Warwickshire 86.9 101
Walsall 86.8 108
Wolverhampton 86.8 113
North Tyneside 86.8 108
North Lincolnshire 86.8 108
North Yorkshire 86.8 108
Suffolk 86.8 106
Southwark 86.7 152
Bexley 86.7 111
Enfield 86.7 128
Oldham 86.7 115
Sunderland 86.7 113
East Riding of Yorkshire 86.7 109
Rutland 86.7 114
Swindon 86.7 103
Bury 86.6 106
Column 1 Column 2 Increase in delegated funding if LEA had delegated at level of highest delegating authority
LEA name Percentage of LSB delegated 2001–02 £ per pupil
Barnsley 86.6 110
Dorset 86.6 112
Darlington 86.6 110
Newham 86.5 145
Richmond upon Thames 86.5 123
Bradford 86.5 122
Cambridgeshire 86.5 112
Ealing 86.4 144
Hampshire 86.4 117
Portsmouth 86.4 130
South Gloucestershire 86.3 118
Middlesbrough 86.3 132
Stockton-on-Tees 86.3 126
Surrey 86.3 123
Barking and Dagenham 86.2 145
Knowsley 86.2 143
Essex 86.2 130
Medway 86.2 130
Isle of Wight 86.2 133
Islington 86.1 178
Wandsworth 86.1 172
Harrow 86.1 143
Gateshead 86.1 137
City of Bristol 86.1 139
Wiltshire 86.1 118
Wokingham 86.1 125
Cheshire 86.1 124
Waltham Forest 86.0 171
Hertfordshire 86.0 132
Coventry 85.9 144
Bromley 85.8 140
Calderdale 85.8 139
Leeds 85.8 145
City of Kingston Upon Hull 85.8 148
Luton 85.8 147
Cornwall 85.8 135
Somerset 85.8 135
Greenwich 85.7 190
Westminster 85.7 208
Dudley 85.7 131
Sheffield 85.7 139
Blackburn with Darwen 85.7 148
Camden 85.6 218
Croydon 85.6 156
Derbyshire 85.6 134
Blackpool 85.6 144
Merton 85.5 160
Manchester 85.4 175
Newcastle upon Tyne 85.4 154
North Somerset 85.4 137
Lancashire 85.4 150
Nottinghamshire 85.4 143
Oxfordshire 85.4 147
Bolton 85.3 148
York 85.3 151
Milton Keynes 85.3 156
Staffordshire 85.3 138
Windsor and Maidenhead 85.3 159
Kent 85.3 156
Hackney 85.2 219
Tameside 85.2 153
Bath & North East Somerset 85.2 155
Derby 85.2 155
Gloucestershire 85.2 147
Haringey 85.1 205
Stockport 85.1 146
Bedfordshire 85.1 161
Buckinghamshire 85.1 151
Leicester 85.1 169
Bracknell Forest 85.1 153
Herefordshire 85.1 149
Telford and Wrekin 85.1 158
Wakefield 85.0 154
North East Lincolnshire 85.0 164
Leicestershire 85.0 148
Reading 85.0 168
Column 1 Column 2 Increase in delegated funding if LEA had delegated at level of highest delegating authority
LEA name Percentage of LSB delegated 2001–02 £ per pupil
Torbay 85.0 157
Nottingham 85.0 185
Thurrock 84.8 177
Doncaster 84.7 169
Lambeth 83.7 296
Worcestershire 83.7 190
Kensington and Chelsea 83.6 314

Notes:

1. The percentages in column 1 are those shown for each LEA in the annual comparative table published by the Department on 29 June 2001, except in the cases of Halton and Westminster, whose figures have been revised in the light of subsequent information. (Subsequent information from two other LEAs does not affect the calculation of their delegation percentages rounded to the nearest 0.1 per cent.). As in the case of the annual comparative table, the Corporation of London and the Isles of Scilly have been omitted.

Estimated proceeds by local education authority in England arising from approved applications to dispose of school playing fields larger than a sports pitch under section 77 and Schedule 22 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, October 1998 to 19 April 2002
Local education authority 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet 8,650,000
Barnsley
Bath and North East Somerset
Bedfordshire 72,000 100,000
Bexley 650,000
Birmingham 900,000
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool 450,000
Bolton 800,000
Bournemouth
Bracknell Forest
Bradford
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol 2,200,000
Bromley
Buckinghamshire 468,000 4,500,000
Bury
Calderdale 1,038,000
Cambridgeshire 500,000
Camden 285,000
Cheshire 3,175,000 308,000
County Durham 32,600 6,520
Cornwall
Coventry
Croydon 3,000,000
Cumbria
Darlington
Derby, City of
Derbyshire 218,000 363,000
Devon 750,000 150,000
Doncaster
Dorset 1,500,000
Dudley
Ealing 1,000,000
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Enfield 1,200,000
Essex 1,000,000 7,500,000 4,000,000
Gateshead
Gloucestershire 99 900,000

2. The calculations underlying column 2 are based on the rounded percentages in column 1. As in column 1 and in the annual comparative table, delegated funding includes devolved Standards Fund grants, but not School Standards Grant.