§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the interaction between changes in aggregate external finance to local authorities and passporting of schools funding; and what arrangements are in place to ensure that the latter is not undermined by the former. [102033]
§ Mr. RaynsfordAggregate external finance is distributed by formula (Formula Spending Share or FSS) and is not ring-fenced. All authorities with education responsibilities receive at least 3.5 per cent. more formula grant for 2003–04 than they did for 2002–03, on a like-for-like basis. Setting budgets is a matter for local authorities. The Government encourage them to increase spending on schools by an amount equal to the increase in their education FSS. Authorities who have difficulty with this are encouraged to discuss with the Department for Education and Skills. Increases in education FSS were themselves constrained between 3.2 per cent. and 7 per cent. on a per pupil basis, by means of a formula floor and ceiling.
Sales of stock by social landlords* to sitting tenants and others: London 1997–98 to 2001–02 1997–98 1998–99 LAs to Las to Local authority Sitting tenants Others RSLs to Sitting tenants Sitting tenants Others RSLs to Sitting tenants LAs to Sitting tenants Barking and Dagenham 433 n/a 0 393 0 0 762 Barnet 195 0 0 260 0 0 287 Bexley 183 0 0 0 0 2 0 Brent 214 n/a 3 184 n/a 1 265 Bromley 0 0 34 0 0 37 0 Camden 514 n/a 0 505 n/a 0 560 City of London 26 36 1 58 21 0 81 Croydon 164 n/a 1 156 n/a 1 181 Ealing 205 0 6 218 0 10 354 Enfield 172 0 1 163 0 0 327 Greenwich 392 0 2 373 0 0 515 Hackney 222 0 0 337 n/a 0 493 Hammersmith and Fulham 141 4 1 189 1 0 240 Haringey 262 0 0 284 0 1 442 Harrow 85 0 0 97 0 0 134 Havering 183 0 0 209 n/a 0 307 Hillingdon 231 0 3 287 0 0 266 Hounslow 192 0 14 290 0 5 335 Islington 339 0 0 393 0 0 325 Kensington and Chelsea 103 0 1 95 0 0 147 Kingston upon Thames 65 0 0 55 0 2 98 Lambeth 387 0 0 454 n/a 0 644 Lewisham 365 15 3 524 n/a 0 634 Merton 120 0 0 173 0 4 177 Newham 286 n/a 0 300 0 0 430 Redbridge 61 0 0 85 0 0 108 Richmond upon Thames 86 0 1 92 0 0 225 Southwark 344 n/a 0 439 0 0 653 Sutton 141 n/a 0 124 n/a 0 214