HC Deb 12 March 2003 vol 401 c295W
Harry Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his statement of 7 February 2003,Official Report, column 29WS, which London boroughs qualify for grant funding to meet the cost of the 2003 teachers' pay settlement; and how much money that grant is in each case. [100900]

Mr. Miliband

The table contains the information requested. The Secretary of State has announced that a grant of over £11 million will be available for 2003–04 to those authorities where the DfES recognises that there are affordability issues created by the recommendations of the School Teachers' Review body for London. The grant is being given to those authorities in London who have the lowest increase in Education Formula Spending Share per pupil or receive the floor increase for Revenue Support Grant in 2003–04.

£million
Authorities Total grant
Barking and Dagenham 1.031
Barnet 0.579
Bexley 0.490
Bromley 0.594
Camden 0.698
Croydon 0.695
Enfield 0.665
Hammersmith and Fulham 0.739
Haringey 1.292
Havering 0.475
Kensington and Chelsea 0.491
Lambeth 0.391
Redbridge 0.017
Richmond upon Thames 0.261
Sutton 0.378
Waltham Forest 0.534
Wandsworth 1.141
Westminster 0.818
Total 11.290