HC Deb 17 November 2003 vol 413 cc543-4W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on(a) primary education, (b) secondary education, (c) tertiary education and (d) further education in the north west in each year since 1992. [134904]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested is contained in the following tables.

Primary, secondary and further education expenditure in the north west since 1992
pre-Primary Primary pre-Primary & Primary Secondary
1992–93 n/a n/a 1,44,841 1,153,066
1993–94 n/a n/a 1,158,010 1,049,978
1994–95 n/a n/a 1,202,426 1,089,653
1995–96 n/a n/a 1,185,076 1,000,413
1996–97 n/a n/a 1,213,943 1,018,336
1997–98 n/a n/a 1,221,486 1,027,733
1998–99 n/a n/a 1,321,152 1,089,898
1999–2000 46,199 1,394,850 1,441,049 1,286,311
2000–01 67,355 1,522,508 1,589,863 1,407,303
2001–02 91,379 1,676,685 1,768,064 1,588,239

Notes:

1. North West includes the following LEAs:

Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Cheshire, Halton, Warrington, Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Cumbria.

2. Net Current Expenditure includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA's.

3. Cash term figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.

4. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.

5. Data is as reported by LEAs.

6. Data is drawn from the DfES Section 52 outturn statements from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously.

Further education funding allocations to institutions in the north west since 1992
Further education
1992–93 341,320,591
1993–94 360,421,769
1994–95 379,275,174
1995–96 421,366,768
1996–97 449,925,071
1997–98 458,258,684
1998–99 464,615,551
1999–2000 475,546,775
2000–01 500,439,180
2001–02 530,460,995
2002–03 552,474,473
2003–04 568,368,735

Notes:

1. Tertiary Education funding is not reported separately from Further Education funding.

2. 1992/93 funding allocation was from LEAs.

3. 1993/94 was a 16 month allocation from 1 April 1993 to July 1994 (first year of funding from the FEFC).

4. From 1 August 1994 funding was allocated from 1 August—31 July.

5.Cash terms data reported.