HC Deb 14 February 2003 vol 400 cc151-2W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities are piloting the education maintenance allowance scheme. [95650]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 7 February 2003]: The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme is currently being piloted in 56 local education authorities, covering approximately one third of the country. These pilot areas are:

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnsley
  • Birmingham
  • Bolton
  • Bradford
  • Brent
  • Camden
  • Cornwall
  • Coventry
  • Doncaster
  • Ealing
  • East Lancashire1
  • Gateshead
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Halton
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Haringey
  • Hartlepool
  • Islington
  • Kingston upon Hull
  • Knowsley
  • Lambeth
  • Leeds
  • Leicester City
  • Lewisham
  • Liverpool
  • Luton
  • Manchester
  • Middlesbrough
  • Newham
  • North East Lincolnshire
  • North Tyneside
  • Northumberland
  • Nottingham
  • Oldham
  • Salford
  • Sandwell
    • 152W
  • Sheffield
  • South Tyneside
  • Southampton
  • Southwark
  • St. Helens
  • Stoke on Trent
  • Suffolk
  • Sunderland
  • Tameside
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Wakefield
  • Walsall
  • Waltham Forest
  • Wandsworth
  • Wigan
  • Wirral
  • Wolverhampton
  • Worcestershire
  • 1Only covers part of the LEA area
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of education maintenance allowances is channelled through local education authorities. [96996]

Margaret Hodge

Under the current pilot scheme 100 per cent. of Education Maintenance Allowance is channelled through local education authorities.