HC Deb 29 April 2004 vol 420 cc1303-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to implement the report of the Advisory Group on Living in the UK about education for naturalisation applicants. [166122]

Mr. Browne

I refer my hon. Friend to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my right hon. and noble friend Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 2 February 2004,Official Report, column WS13, and to the related papers deposited in the Library, which set out the steps we are taking with regard to the recommendations of the report.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Treasury about financing the proposals of the Advisory Group on Living in the UK for education of naturalisation applicants. [166126]

(a) Government grant funding1 per head of population2
£
Force 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
Avon and Somerset 94.52 96.85 97.60 101.29 112.31 110.15 117.18
Bedfordshire 95.82 96.93 95.42 99.91 108.29 115.56 118.92
Cambridgeshire 84.24 87.30 89.35 92.80 103.72 100.53 111.62
Cheshire 88.91 91.34 95.57 100.23 106.51 108.84 120.16
Cleveland 122.58 132.06 134.19 140.03 149.03 157.88 166.99
Cumbria 105.43 106.94 108.60 113.77 123.88 125.25 130.76
Derbyshire 88.59 91.52 94.26 95.21 106.24 105.08 112.59
Devon and Cornwall 88.03 94.04 96.17 100.10 109.74 109.35 113.03
Dorset 81.70 85.94 88.70 87.33 94.50 93.57 98.29
Durham 108.52 117.57 123.08 129.27 137.27 138.75 149.73
Dyfed-Powys 89.53 91.34 91.32 96.95 110.74 111.64 115.44
Essex 90.59 88.26 90.52 92.21 98.79 102.63 107.04
Gloucestershire 93.57 94.74 94.35 97.93 107.57 107.25 113.44
Greater Manchester 125.21 129.03 132.87 137.74 153.33 151.72 168.58
Gwent 102.95 106.10 111.61 115.73 126.18 129.40 137.76
Hampshire 87.91 92.20 94.15 97.52 104.68 107.94 118.02
Hertfordshire 90.49 91.73 97.52 94.07 102.02 102.00 107.18
Humberside 108.87 114.29 114.32 120.40 129.41 128.70 139.33
Kent 96.07 99.44 100.23 105.36 115.33 116.75 128.40
Lancashire 104.63 109.53 110.95 118.32 130.73 127.55 135.86
Leicestershire 92.34 93.20 97.15 100.26 110.95 108.92 116.95
Lincolnshire 88.35 84.49 88.14 94.19 97.01 103.72 102.31
Merseyside 150.14 152.59 154.54 160.78 170.52 180.40 194.66
Metropolitan 211.79 212.42 213.96 229.34 246.12 262.69 286.02
Norfolk 91.37 91.84 90.65 95.41 103.19 106.25 115.26
Northamptonshire 87.97 90.37 91.62 96.41 102.33 102.67 112.99
Northumbria 126.11 134.98 138.05 140.95 155.45 153.22 166.88
North Wales 95.01 96.33 98.35 102.77 112.54 119.44 124.00
North Yorkshire 85.44 90.25 89.77 90.97 101.44 98.66 103.84
Nottinghamshire 106.07 108.74 114.03 116.53 120.55 127.25 133.70
South Wales 115.87 117.36 119.86 123.00 132.89 135.82 145.63
South Yorkshire 111.96 115.56 120.09 124.8.4 131.32 136.86 151.49

Mr. Browne

Negotiations on the Home Office's Spending Review settlement must remain confidential.