Education Maintenance Allowance

HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 c1389W

Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of students who will benefit from the launch of the education maintenance allowance in Stoke-on-Trent North; and if he will make a statement. [177630]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Stoke on Trent is an EMA pilot area and at present there are 2,705 students in receipt of EMA across the city. We estimate that the number of

£000
	Primary	Pre-primary and primary
	Essex	Thurrock	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	Thurrock	Southend-on-Sea
1990–91	n/a	n/a	n/a	203,350	n/a	n/a
1991–92	n/a	n/a	n/a	215,266	n/a	n/a
1992–93	n/a	n/a	n/a	242,789	n/a	n/a
1993–94	n/a	n/a	n/a	248,620	n/a	n/a
1994–95	n/a	n/a	n/a	243,061	n/a	n/a
1995–96	n/a	n/a	n/a	246947	n/a	n/a
1996–97	n/a	n/a	n/a	247,711	n/a	n/a
1997–98	n/a	n/a	n/a	240,132	n/a	n/a
1998–99	n/a	n/a	n/a	207,670	29,610	24,533
1999–2000	250,395	32,685	32,036	258,550	33,471	32,939
2001–02	294,395	39,649	39,566	309,649	42,143	41,701
2002–03	320,908	40,917	43,966	n/a	n/a	n/a
Notes:
1. The financial data are taken from local education authorities' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously. Up to and including 1997–98 figures are for Essex LEA prior to local government reorganisation. From 1998–99 onwards parts of Essex LEA became Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock LEAs. 2002–03 data is subject to change by the LEA. Figures are adjusted to 2002–03 prices using the March 2004 GDP deflators.
2. Spending in 1997–98 reflects the transfer of monies from local Government to central Government for the nursery vouchers scheme. These were returned to local Government in 1998–99. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance.
3. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.
4. The Outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the expenditure in 2002–03 is not strictly comparable with earlier years as it includes an apportionment of LEA expenditure based on pupil numbers.
5. Net current expenditure includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA.
6. Net current expenditure after recharges was not recorded on ROI until 1993–94. Consequently up to and including 1992–93 net recurrent expenditure is used and consequently figures in those years may not be strictly comparable with figures for future years.