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Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to issue safeguarding directions for the channel tunnel rail link.
Mr. Freeman : Planning directions to safeguard the route of the channel tunnel rail link and the terminus at St. Pancras were issued today and come into force tomorrow.
Road Programme
Sir Michael Grylls : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria his Department uses in setting the priorities for the road programme.
Mr. Key : I announced on 5 August 1993 a package of measures to speed up the delivery of national road schemes. One measure was a review of the road programme aimed particularly at ensuring that schemes were prepared and delivered in accordance with a clear set of priorities. I will make an announcement about the results of that review shortly.
Rail Pensions
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is his intention to use joint industry scheme assets after rail privatisation for purposes other than the payment of pensions.
Mr. Freeman : I have no intention of using scheme assets for any purpose. I intend that the new scheme should be used for paying pensions and other benefits for which the present scheme is designed. The present scheme would permit payment to the employer of an element of residual surplus on winding-up. The winding-up rules of the new scheme are still under discussion.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the current preserved benefit arrangements of the British Rail pension scheme will be affected by the privatisation of British Rail and the introduction of the joint industry scheme.
Mr. Freeman : My officials are discussing with the trustees of the BR pension scheme simplification of the present arrangements which involve separate "preserved benefits" sections, but members with preserved benefits will not lose any protection as a result.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the pension arrangements for employees following rail privatisation will include in the membership of trustee boards and local management committees employer/employee nominees on a 50 : 50 basis ; and whether existing provisions for trade union nominees to represent members will be unchanged.
Mr. Freeman : The Government intend that equal employer/member representation should continue at all levels of the governance of the new scheme. The precise method of appointing the members' representatives is under discussion and I hope to put forward proposals for consultation shortly.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if the existing British Rail pension scheme surplus and deficit requirements will be replicated in the post-privatisation joint industry scheme ;
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(2) if the British Rail pension scheme winding-up arrangements will be replicated in all sections of the joint industry scheme.Mr. Freeman : My officials are presently discussing drafts of the trust deed and rules of the joint industry scheme with BR and the trustees. It will not always be possible to replicate the existing provisions exactly in the new scheme because its structure will be different. But the sections of the new scheme covering people to be protected under the Railways Act 1993 will have to satisfy the condition that they are "no less favourable" than the BR pension scheme.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the arrangements for the collection of employee and employer pension contributions following rail privatisation will conform with the existing British Rail pension scheme rules in respect of remitting contributions to the trustees within seven days.
Motorway Service Areas
Mr. Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce the publication of his circular on the planning of motorway service areas, including their spacing ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the deregulation of motorway service areas (MSAs) in August 1992. His statement included detailed guidance to intending developers and specified that MSAs should not generally be located at intervals of less than fifteen miles. A circular to local authorities in England and Wales setting out these policies is in preparation. I expect to issue it shortly.
M11 Link Road
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the estimated cost of the construction of the M11 link road in Wanstead.
Mr. Norris : The total estimated works cost of the A12 Hackney Wick to M11 link road is £170 million of which the current contract in Wanstead has been awarded at a tender sum of £31.5 million.
Staff Loans
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the schemes his Department operates to assist staff facing financial hardship following a transfer, showing (a) the particular criteria and rules applying to each one, including the circumstances under which any loans can be written off, (b) the total amount loaned or granted under the schemes in 1992-93 and so far in 1993-94 and (c) the number of staff assisted in 1992-93 and so far in 1993-94.
Mr. Norris : Since January 1992 the Department has had in place a contract with a relocation company which offers to individual members of staff being compulsorily transferred a guaranteed selling price for their home based on an agreed valuation. All staff being transferred compulsorily are encouraged to participate in these arrangements. Staff are reimbursed other reasonable expenses incurred in their move.
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The Department has discretion to assist staff who are compulsorily transferred but who have a negative equity in their homes. In such cases staff are offered an interest bearing loan over a period of up to 20 years with an option to defer payment of the capital sum for up to four years. Interest is payable immediately. During 1992-93 seven members of staff received loans totalling £55,000. and to date in 1993-94 eight members of staff have received loans totalling £87,000. Where additional assistance of this type is given loans may be written off only in cases of severe ill health, medical retirement or death.In addition, the Department has discretion to deal with cases of financial hardship, dating from the period before a guaranteed selling price was offered through the relocation company, where members of staff being compulsorily transferred, and who had bridging loans on which the interest was paid by the Department, were
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affected by falling property values. In 1992 -93 18 such cases were dealt with through grants of £238,000 to enable bridging loans to be paid off. In 1993-94 to date six cases have been dealt with through grants of £78,000.Roads, London
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total expenditure on (a) construction, (b) maintenance and (c) improvements to (i) trunk roads and (ii) motorways in Greater London in each year since 1978 at both current and constant 1992-93 prices ; and what is his planned expenditure in the years up to and including 1996-97.
Mr. Norris : Spend on major trunk road schemes and trunk road and motorway maintenance in London (including land costs, preparation costs and VAT where appropriate) from 1982-83 onwards is given in the table.
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Trunk roads and motorways in Greater London
Spend £m (at outturn prices)Spend £m (at 1992-93 prices using the
gross domestic product index)
Year |Construction/|Maintenance |Construction/|Maintenance
|improvement |improvement
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1982-83 |30.4 |8.3 |52.1 |14.2
1983-84 |20.7 |8.3 |33.9 |13.6
1984-85 |19.7 |8.0 |30.7 |12.5
1985-86 |54.3 |12.2 |80.2 |17.9
1986-87 |85.1 |17.0 |122.1 |24.4
1987-88 |88.0 |20.3 |119.8 |27.6
1988-89 |61.7 |25.2 |78.7 |32.2
1989-90 |117.9 |32.2 |149.7 |38.4
1990-91 |138.9 |42.1 |153.4 |46.5
1991-92 |157.0 |60.8 |163.0 |63.1
1992-93 |138.5 |64.1 |138.5 |64.1
1993-94 |<1>148.9 |<1>61.7 |- |-
<1> Forecast. Indices not available for 1993-94.
To provide figures before 1982-83 or the breakdowns requested between new construction and improvements and between trunk road and motorway expenditure would involve disproportionate costs. My right hon. Friend will announce in the near future the national road schemes on which works are due to start in 1994-95 and the results of the current review of road programme priorities.
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each scheme in Greater London in his Department's current trunk roads and motorways programme with the total cost in each year since construction commenced up to estimated completion at both current and constant 1992-93 prices for (a) junction improvements, (b) other improvements, (c) maintenance and (d) new construction.
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Mr. Norris : The table gives the information available. It lists trunk road improvement and new construction schemes in progress in London. Works costs are at 1992-93 prices and include preparation, land and VAT as appropriate. No indices are available for the forecast expenditure comparable with 1992-93.
The large number of individual small projects in the maintenance programme make it impossible to itemise spend except at disproportionate cost. The forecast expenditure for maintenance for 1993-94 is £61.7 million.
£ million
Actual expenditure in
|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93
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Junction improvements
A40 Long lane junction |4.3 |7.5 |16.1
Other improvements
A406 Hanger lane/Harrow road |50.5 |39.8 |23.2
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£ million
Forecast expenditure in
Scheme title |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99
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Junction improvements
A40 Long lane junction |15.9 |4.4 |1.3 |1.0 |1.0 |0.0
A13 Blackwall tunnel/Cotton street |3.2 |4.4 |4.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
A13 Butcher row junction improvement |0.8 |0.8 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
A406/M junction 1 |7.5 |1.5 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
Other improvements
A406 East of Falloden way |- |- |- |5.1 |3.7 |3.0
A406 Hanger lane/Harrow road |20.0 |26.8 |17.7 |0.3 |0.1 |0.0
Trunk road cabling and communications |15.5 |6.8 |1.7 |2.1 |1.7 |1.0
A40 Long lane-West End road widening |5.8 |1.1 |2.1 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
A406 Dysons road-Hall lane |3.9 |0.1 |0.0 |5.8 |2.2 |0.1
|18.2 |36.0 |30.7 |- |- |-
New construction
A13 Thames avenue-Wennington |28.6 |48.1 |38.0 |33.1 |5.3 |5.1
Hackney-M11+ |15.5 |40.0 |71.5 |75.0 |30.0 |11.0
Note: Spend for each scheme is shown as beginning in the year of actual start of works. There is expenditure (on e.g. property
acquisition, advance
works and preparation costs) in advance of the actual start date.
Market Testing
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will instigate a full public inquiry before any further market-testing programme in respect of the civil service.
Mr. Norris : No. Market testing has realised substantial benefits in my Department, as it has elsewhere, and I am confident that further gains will continue to be achieved.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what traffic forecasts his Department has undertaken in relation to 44-tonne lorries involved in journeys in the United Kingdom for 1999-2000.
Mr. Key : There is no commitment to allow lorries to operate at 44- tonnes in the United Kingdom except (1) under the proposed new regulations which will apply only to certain six-axle vehicles carrying containers and swap-bodies to or from rail terminals ; and, (2) under existing European Community limits for international movements, from which the United Kingdom has a derogation until 1 January 1999, which allow 44-tonnes only for articulated vehicles carrying containers in combined transport. We are unable to forecast how many 44 tonne combined transport vehicles will be operating in 1999.
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to introduce 44 tonne lorries for domestic journeys (a) to and from rail terminals and (b) on other road journeys ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : Regulations are about to be made which will allow certain six-axle articulated vehicles and drawbar-trailer combinations to operate at up to 44 tonnes when carrying containers or swap-bodies to or from rail terminals in combined road/rail operations. This measure is intended to encourage intermodal road/rail freight movements. The lorries concerned will be no larger and cause no more road wear than present 38 tonne five- axle vehicles. We are not proposing to allow 44 tonne vehicles for other types of road journey.
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the formula and what methodological assumptions are used by his Department in calculating the forecast of the number of 44-tonne lorries on United Kingdom roads.
Mr. Key : We are not able to make any forecast of the number of lorries which may operate at 44 tonnes under the proposed new regulations which will allow certain six-axle vehicles to operate at this weight only when carrying containers and swap-bodies to and from rail terminals in combined road/rail movements.
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Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has for rest facilities for heavy goods vehicle drivers in transit in the United Kingdom on international journeys.
Mr. Key : All motorway service areas--(MSAs)--in England provide free short-term parking for all types of vehicles including lorries. In order to secure more MSAs more quickly, we announced in 1992 that in future MSAs will be provided by private developers rather than my Department. Adequate free lorry parking will nevertheless continue to be required at any MSA signposted from the motorway. On all-purpose roads, provision of services has always been a matter for the private sector, though the Department does encourage provision of comprehensive sites with facilities for all types of vehicle. Roadside services in Scotland and Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales respectively.
Freight Loads
Ms Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the number of freight loads carried by road from rail for each year since 1990.
Mr. Key : I regret that this information is not available. Statistics on the tonnage of freight moved by rail by commodity since 1982 may be found in table 5.14 of "Transport Statistics Great Britain 1993", a copy of which is available in the Library. There is no information on how much of this traffic also moves by road during the course of its journey.
A38, Landrake
Mr. Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when work will commence on the pedestrian footbridge over the A38 trunk road at Landrake ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key [holding answer 23 February 1994] : We are seeking to acquire by agreement the privately-owned land required for the construction of the footbridge. If timely agreement on this matter can be achieved, construction could take place in 1994-95.
Equipment Thefts
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Norris [holding answer 16 February 1994] : Details of equipment stolen from the Department during the last three financial years are set out in the tables.
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|£
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Financial year 1991-92
2 Telephone Answering Machines |170
4 Cameras |498
10 Apricot Computers |17,177
4 Laser Printers |3,000
2 Laptop Computers |2,300
1 Computer Mouse |200
1 Visual Display Unit |444
3 Telephone Handsets and Leads |72
1 Payphone |140
Wallpaper |400
Diskettes |300
1 Fax Machine |900
3 Fire Extinguishers |117
3 Embossing Stamps |105
1 Siren |1,200
1 Lifejacket |27
2 Rescue Suits |118
1 Lamp |6
1 Pye Westminster |50
1 Cliff Clogger |30
3 Beacons |219
1 Projector Screen |30
1 Protective Waistcoat |8
1 Pair Protective Boots |22
Overalls |17
Financial year 1992-93
8 Desk Top Computers |10,066
1 Lap Top Computer |1,000
3 Visual Display Units |1,500
5 Printers |5,300
4 Keyboards |1,500
4 Telephone Answering Machines |245
Computer Software |1,200
3 Televisions |1,300
3 Video Recorders |790
25 Microwave Ovens |2,327
4 Vacuum Cleaners |300
2 Desk Fans |70
1 Telephone Handset |20
2 Tape Recorders |500
1 Set of Tyres |3,000
2 Generators |10,000
4 Pairs of Binoculars |312
1 Hire Car |9,090
2 Small Generators |716
2 Lamps |12
1 Winch |425
1 First Aid Kit |54
Maps |5
1 Spade |8
1 Blanket |15
1 Protective Jacket |76
3 Heavy Duty Batteries |300
1 Battery Charger |50
4 Radios |1,360
1 Beacon |80
1 Stretcher |50
1 Stoop |31
Financial Year 1993-94
7 Desk Top Computers |12,045
4 Lap Top Computers |4,700
7 Fax Machines |4,637
6 Printers |2,740
3 Calculators |106
1 Dictaphone |77
Diskettes |10
2 Visual Tool Display Units and
Keyboards |1,400
Tools |81
1 Tape Recorder |80
2 Mobile Telephones |250
Vehicle Parts |500
2 Kettles |40
1 Motorcycle |2,884
6 Two Way Radios |11,400
2 Refrigerators |240
1 Word Processor |1,487
3 Emission Analysers |2,250
1 Safe |500
2 Cameras |7,300
1 Video Recorder |300
1 Television |200
5 Hot Washers |5,000
20 Beacons |2,000
1 Telephone Answering Machine |500
1 Pair of Wellington Boots |12
1 Fluorescent Jacket |40
6 First Aid Kits |73
1 Waterproof Jacket |60
2 Pairs Protective Boots |56
1 Fuel Tank |90
1 Safety Belt |13
1 Fuel Line |33
17 Radios |4,930
7 Pagers |830
1 Loud Hailer |65
4 Rescue Suits |300
1 Generator |358
2 Pairs of Overalls |60
2 Lifejackets |117
2 Cliff Cloggers |60
1 Stretcher |30
5 Lamps |35
1 Battery Charger |30
1 Rescue Buoy |12
1 Pair of Binoculars |53
1 Aerial |30
Driving Standards Agency
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Driving Standards Agency is currently involved in a market-testing exercise.
Mr. Key : My Department's 1993-94 competing for quality programme includes the following activities within the Driving Standards Agency :
driver test booking, finance and office services ;
regional property management ;
property maintenance inspections and reports ;
payroll service.
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make a statement on the announcement by the Driving Standards Agency of the intention to close driving test centres, with particular reference to which centres are involved ; how many people are employed at each test centre ; which are the parliamentary constituencies within which each testing centre lies ; what are the amounts that will be saved by the closure of each of the testing centres ; and on what basis the savings are calculated ;
(2) how many people are currently employed at each testing station operated by the Driving Standards Agency ;
(3) what current testing centres are operated by the Driving Standards Agency ; and in which parliamentary constituency each lies ;
(4) if he will make a statement indicating how many tests were carried out at each test centre currently operated by the Driving Standards Agency during the financial year 1992-93 ; how much revenue was raised at each testing centre ; and how much each testing centre cost to operate.
Mr. Key : Responsibility for the subject of these questions has been delegated to the Driving Standards
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Agency under its chief executive Dr. S. J. Ford I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Copies of the relevant annexes will be placed in the Library.Letter from Dr. J. Ford to Mr. Brian Donohoe, dated
23 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your Questions about DSA's national network of driving test centres and our intention to close 22 centres. Some of the information you require is not recorded by DSA on a routine basis, and the information supplied is the best we can assemble in the time available.
The closure programme announced recently followed the review of our estate envisaged in our published Business Plan for 1993-94. The continuing fall in demand for tests requires us to continue to reduce fixed costs, although cost is not the only criterion for assessing the future of a test centre. As set out in the Plan, centres were assessed against the following criteria :
a. the number of satisfactory routes, including an assessment of the proportion of routes which include higher speed roads ; b. the quality of facilities for customers, including the provision of toilets and off road parking ;
c. the financial efficiency, including the rent, maintenance and energy costs ; and
d. demand for tests at the centre and its proximity to other centres.
Where a centre scores badly on one or more of these four criteria, it will be reviewed for possible inclusion in our rationalisation programme. This includes a range of options from re-siting to merger with another centre or closure. With the sharp decline in tests over the past few years, closures have been inevitable, but the number of closures has not been proportionate to the drop in business. Annex A lists the 22 centres we will be closing over the next year showing the constituencies in which they lie, the numbers of staff, testing volumes and the expected savings in both accommodation charges and, in the case of occasional centres, travel and subsistence expenses for deploying examiners to them from permanent centres. As you will see, most of the centres to be closed are outstations (occasional centres), some of which had very low levels of demand. The direct cost savings are naturally low when the usage is very low, but centres with very low demand are disproportionately complicated (and therefore more costly) to administer.
Annex B lists all our test centres by region, distinguishing between permanent centres and outstations (part time centres
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which are not permanently staffed, and where driving examiners are detached in to conduct driving tests). The annex lists staff in post, and the accommodation costs for each centre.Annex C lists the parliamentary constituencies in which, I understand, each test centre lies. This is not information which the Agency had to hand, and the attached list has been assembled as accurately as we are able in the time available. Our regional staff are in places uncertain of precise constituency boundaries in relation to test centre addresses, and it is therefore difficult to guarantee the absolute accuracy of the list.
The question on the revenues at each of the 484 centres and on the costs of operating each centre cannot be answered fully.
Because it is not relevant to the day-to-day running of the business, DSA does not routinely apportion other costs to the centres. (Most obviously the administration costs of operating the booking service, which tend to be higher for occasional centres, are not routinely apportioned ; nor are the costs of moving examiners to part time centres.) Also, when a centre is selected for closure, the most significant cost saving might not be in these direct costs but in the saving of the costs which may be required to rebuild (£150 thousand to £250 thousand) or to refurbish a poor quality centre to bring it up to standard.
We do not have readily available the detailed analysis of volumes and revenue for each centre. This is information we normally monitor on a regional basis, although when we are considering the future requirements for a particular centre, volume data are assembled on a case by case basis (as in Annex A).
EDUCATION
Tuition Fees
Mr. Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list which EU member states require students undertaking courses of higher education to contribute towards their tution fees, the proportion they are obliged to pay and the proportion of maintenance costs that are funded through student loans.
Mr. Boswell : Systems of financial support for students undertaking higher education courses vary widely across the EU, and the information requested is not available in a comparable form. The attached table, taken from "The Main Systems of Financial Assistance for Students in Higher Education in the European Community", summarizes the available information. Copies of this document will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
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Systems of Grants in the European Community-
Eligibility and Portability
|Tuition fees |Form of main |Depends on |Depends on |Percentage of |Amount |Other social benefits
|financial |income of |academic |all students |variable
|support |student/ |criteria |receiving |according to
|parents/ |direct |income and/
|spouse |assistance |or place of
|residence
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Belgium |Fr. Comm. |Family allowance paid until age 25
French community |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes |Fr. C. 20 |Yes |Tax allowances
Flemish community |Yes |Flem. Com. |Yes |Yes |Fl. C. 23 |Yes |Reduced tuition less
|Grant |Concessionary fares
Denmark |No |Grant + loan |No |No |100 |Yes |No
Federal Republic of |No |Grant 50% |Yes |Yes |West |Yes |Family allowances until age 27
Germany |loan 50% |(33) |Tax allowances
|East (90)
Greece |No |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes |7 |Yes |Family allowances
|Free medical service
|Concessionary fares
|Free course material
Spain |Yes |Grant |Yes |Yes | 20 |Yes |Grants:
|Travelling expenses
|Public transport
|Accommodation
|Exemption from tuition fees
|Course material
France |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes | 18 |Yes |Exemption from tuition fees (in the
|public sector)
|Tax allowances
|Travelling expenses
Ireland |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes | 34 |Yes |Reduced tuition fees
Italy |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes |2.5 |Yes |Family allowances paid until age 26
|Exemption from tuition fees
Luxembourg |No |Grant + loan |Yes |No |80 |Yes |Family allowances paid until age 27
Netherlands |Yes |Grant + loan |No (for the |No |100 |Yes |Family allowances
|basic grant |Tax allowances
|Free pass for public transport
Portugal |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |No |10 to 15 |Yes |Reductions on price of educational
|materials
|Free medical care, sports and
|cultural activities
United Kingdom |Yes |Grant + loan |Yes |Yes |76 Grant |Yes |Remission of tuition fees
|28 Loan
Education Expenditure
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money has been made available for spending on education for (a) under- fives, (b) five to 10s, (c) 11 to 15s, (d) 16-plus and (e) other education in each local education authority in each of the last six financial years ; and what is the figure for 1994-95.
Mr. Robin Squire : For the purpose of determining standard spending assessments, the education component of Standard Spending, net of specific grants, is divided into
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five sub-blocks--under fives, 5 to 10, 11 to 15, 16 plus, and other education. The table below sets out the figures for 1994-95. The figures for each of the last four financial years are set out in the "Standard Spending Assessment Handbook" copies of which have been placed in the Library. The local government finance system prior to 1990-91 was not constructed in such a way to provide data on a basis which is comparable with the present system. Neither education standard spending assessments nor the sub-blocks within them are ear-marked for local authority spending on education, as each authority is free to determine its spending priorities between and within the services for which it has responsibility.Column 337
Final 1994-95 Education SSAs in £ million LEA |5 to 10 |11 to 15|Post 16 |Under 5 |Other |Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City |0.094 |0.101 |0.031 |0.052 |0.153 |0.431 Camden |24.152 |22.977 |5.350 |4.866 |6.662 |64.006 Greenwich |42.898 |43.179 |7.055 |7.130 |6.419 |106.682 Hackney |41.212 |39.377 |4.436 |8.630 |7.805 |101.461 Hammersmith |19.909 |18.683 |2.337 |4.435 |5.622 |50.987 Islington |32.033 |30.587 |2.571 |6.222 |6.824 |78.237 Kensington |11.129 |10.547 |1.979 |3.480 |5.068 |32.203 Lambeth |48.450 |42.096 |3.791 |9.961 |10.321 |114.618 Lewisham |45.488 |40.062 |5.969 |8.150 |8.002 |107.672 Southwark |45.266 |37.341 |3.018 |8.874 |8.390 |102.889 Tower Hamlets |49.500 |47.207 |5.739 |7.858 |6.836 |117.139 Wandsworth |31.997 |30.232 |5.292 |6.960 |8.186 |82.667 Westminster |16.547 |16.571 |3.327 |4.223 |6.462 |47.130 Barking |25.569 |25.895 |4.058 |3.867 |3.222 |62.611 Barnet |38.812 |40.647 |9.748 |6.599 |6.403 |102.209 Bexley |32.909 |35.877 |7.226 |4.541 |3.873 |84.425 Brent |44.443 |45.755 |10.505 |7.228 |7.503 |115.434 Bromley |35.706 |38.303 |9.288 |5.183 |4.898 |93.379 Croydon |47.043 |47.340 |4.370 |7.789 |7.045 |113.587 Ealing |45.098 |46.379 |6.324 |7.617 |7.653 |113.070 Enfield |41.031 |44.749 |10.318 |6.319 |5.872 |108.289 Haringey |36.637 |35.789 |7.011 |6.989 |7.399 |93.825 Harrow |28.778 |30.487 |2.492 |4.247 |4.015 |70.019 Havering |33.636 |39.474 |3.777 |4.214 |4.033 |85.134 Hillingdon |34.686 |36.478 |7.426 |5.249 |4.684 |88.522 Hounslow |33.114 |35.249 |6.988 |5.138 |4.869 |85.358 Kingston |16.351 |17.033 |3.938 |2.523 |2.504 |42.350 Merton |22.086 |21.610 |3.023 |3.904 |3.592 |54.216 Newham |53.402 |49.902 |4.489 |9.179 |7.452 |124.425 Redbridge |34.201 |37.892 |9.676 |5.126 |4.943 |91.838 Richmond |15.504 |15.037 |0.886 |2.861 |2.557 |36.845 Sutton |23.551 |25.614 |5.421 |3.611 |3.095 |61.293 Waltham Forest |39.212 |39.973 |3.063 |6.847 |6.408 |95.503 Birmingham |180.359 |180.941 |24.380 |26.456 |24.826 |436.962 Coventry |46.406 |45.437 |8.489 |6.634 |6.332 |113.298 Dudley |40.578 |43.935 |2.191 |5.199 |4.829 |96.732 Sandwell |46.228 |47.783 |4.444 |6.430 |6.164 |111.048 Solihull |26.515 |27.894 |2.325 |3.261 |3.035 |63.030 Walsall |39.947 |42.581 |8.022 |5.147 |4.764 |100.462 Wolverhampton |38.373 |41.354 |6.978 |5.603 |5.444 |97.752 Knowsley |31.748 |31.400 |3.524 |4.515 |4.121 |75.309 Liverpool |82.376 |80.424 |14.901 |11.925 |12.607 |202.234 St. Helens |25.236 |28.628 |3.568 |3.177 |3.083 |63.692 Sefton |40.079 |42.421 |6.607 |5.291 |5.175 |99.572 Wirral |49.440 |52.724 |10.000 |6.811 |6.608 |125.582 Bolton |39.585 |40.437 |4.122 |5.275 |4.642 |94.061 Bury |24.712 |24.739 |0.790 |3.213 |2.683 |56.138 Manchester |80.362 |74.000 |4.328 |12.783 |12.716 |184.189 Oldham |35.814 |37.036 |3.411 |4.727 |4.060 |85.047 Rochdale |33.463 |35.168 |3.509 |4.628 |3.875 |80.644 Salford |33.580 |32.620 |1.266 |5.039 |4.881 |77.387 Stockport |36.377 |38.104 |3.323 |4.743 |4.190 |86.738 Tameside |32.203 |32.741 |1.298 |4.287 |3.587 |74.115 Trafford |27.903 |29.768 |4.388 |3.746 |3.323 |69.128 Wigan |43.739 |46.765 |2.832 |5.617 |5.017 |103.969 Barnsley |30.993 |32.760 |1.679 |4.035 |3.748 |73.214 Doncaster |46.339 |48.269 |8.992 |5.779 |5.233 |114.613 Rotherham |36.787 |40.715 |5.299 |4.766 |4.223 |91.790 Sheffield |67.117 |70.845 |6.856 |9.733 |10.818 |165.369 Bradford |82.901 |86.817 |16.690 |11.351 |10.069 |207.828 Calderdale |28.431 |30.625 |5.818 |3.769 |3.432 |72.075 Kirklees |57.011 |59.767 |6.825 |7.588 |7.084 |138.275 Leeds |95.531 |100.415 |16.773 |13.325 |13.120 |239.163 Wakefield |43.805 |44.806 |4.242 |5.747 |4.999 |103.599 Gateshead |27.630 |29.324 |4.839 |3.783 |4.031 |69.607 Newcastle |38.741 |37.970 |6.368 |5.691 |6.565 |95.334 North Tyne |25.545 |28.616 |4.225 |3.215 |3.138 |64.739 South Tyne |23.456 |24.614 |1.550 |3.006 |2.945 |55.570 Sunderland |45.737 |50.038 |3.791 |6.033 |5.764 |111.363 Isles of Scilly |0.482 |0.489 |0.075 |0.050 |0.039 |1.135 Avon |118.964 |124.028 |22.695 |16.170 |15.816 |297.673 Bedfordshire |84.935 |90.562 |14.494 |11.542 |9.620 |211.153 Berkshire |104.990 |112.771 |23.276 |14.415 |12.362 |267.815 Buckinghamshire |92.967 |108.421 |26.206 |12.203 |10.125 |249.922 Cambridgeshire |90.131 |96.688 |13.985 |11.365 |10.413 |222.581 Cheshire |130.960 |142.977 |23.755 |16.387 |14.472 |328.551 Cleveland |93.396 |97.635 |4.973 |11.790 |10.711 |218.506 Cornwall |62.193 |70.091 |8.781 |7.116 |6.858 |155.039 Cumbria |64.317 |70.906 |11.598 |7.517 |7.075 |161.414 Derbyshire |120.831 |134.559 |18.395 |15.232 |13.656 |302.673 Devon |127.648 |139.392 |22.471 |15.909 |16.290 |321.710 Dorset |73.750 |83.780 |14.763 |9.373 |9.849 |191.515 Durham |83.994 |92.961 |11.084 |10.388 |10.089 |208.516 East Sussex |83.458 |88.780 |11.240 |11.892 |12.387 |207.757 Essex |214.362 |246.484 |34.373 |28.051 |25.248 |548.518 Gloucestershire |67.110 |73.765 |13.758 |8.528 |7.637 |170.799 Hampshire |213.330 |224.759 |11.244 |28.230 |25.427 |502.990 Hereford and Worcester |86.007 |97.098 |13.628 |10.567 |9.229 |216.529 Hertfordshire |134.557 |148.837 |33.960 |18.315 |15.486 |351.155 Humberside |127.253 |137.132 |14.389 |16.144 |14.964 |309.881 Isle of Wight |16.881 |18.822 |4.061 |1.910 |2.060 |43.735 Kent |211.578 |240.234 |48.900 |27.953 |24.857 |553.522 Lancashire |200.410 |211.902 |18.264 |25.773 |23.593 |479.942 Leicestershire |125.806 |135.040 |21.749 |16.276 |15.037 |313.908 Lincolnshire |77.106 |90.983 |14.423 |8.910 |8.545 |199.967 Norfolk |92.921 |105.914 |16.068 |11.137 |11.144 |237.184 North Yorkshire |85.812 |95.535 |15.012 |10.004 |9.233 |215.596 Northamptonshire |81.629 |88.781 |17.127 |10.501 |8.681 |206.719 Northumberland |41.079 |47.715 |10.523 |4.517 |4.280 |108.114 Nottinghamshire |138.285 |147.203 |21.827 |18.437 |17.685 |343.437 Oxfordshire |72.808 |74.776 |14.115 |10.404 |9.248 |181.352 Shropshire |56.084 |60.895 |5.825 |6.700 |5.992 |135.496 Somerset |58.355 |63.494 |6.589 |7.127 |6.421 |141.986 Staffordshire |140.652 |151.381 |21.201 |17.126 |15.181 |345.541 Suffolk |77.752 |87.428 |17.077 |10.309 |8.610 |201.176 Surrey |112.656 |122.011 |19.730 |16.495 |14.342 |285.235 Warwickshire |61.346 |67.073 |10.664 |7.500 |6.783 |153.367 West Sussex |85.237 |98.666 |14.897 |11.127 |10.363 |220.291 Wiltshire |76.276 |79.803 |11.741 |9.610 |8.093 |185.524
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the amount spent per pupil in nursery, primary, secondary, further and higher education or their equivalent in each country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Mr. Robin Squire : Information on expenditue per pupil/student is shown in table P6 of the OECD publication "Education at a Glance", published in December 1993, copies of which are available in the Library.
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money has been spent on education
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for (a) under-fives, (b) five to 11s, (c) 11 to 15s, (d) 16-plus and (e) other education in each LEA in each of the last five financial years ; and what is the estimated amount being spent in 1993 -94.Mr. Robin Squire : Available expenditure data cover whole schools and cannot readily be disaggregated between particular age ranges. The latest year for which information on actual expenditure by local education authorities (LEAs) is available is 1991-92. The following tables indicate, for each LEA in England, the net school-based expenditure in nursery and primary schools combined and in secondary schools in each year from 1987-88 to 1991-92.
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|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92
|£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
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ILEA |260,407|266,748|312,424|- |-
Corporation of London |- |- |- |404 |551
Camden |- |- |- |16,681 |19,909
Greenwich |- |- |- |35,026 |36,739
Hackney |- |- |- |29,298 |34,108
Hammersmith |- |- |- |17,244 |18,267
Islington |- |- |- |24,558 |33,234
Kensington and Chelsea |- |- |- |12,745 |14,361
Lambeth |- |- |- |33,411 |38,218
Lewisham |- |- |- |32,029 |32,794
Southwark |- |- |- |35,663 |36,146
Tower Hamlets |- |- |- |36,491 |44,346
Wandsworth |- |- |- |28,800 |35,893
Westminster |- |- |- |18,400 |25,781
Barking |15,406 |17,134 |18,847 |20,543 |22,307
Barnet |n/a |26,530 |29,896 |34,373 |37,813
Bexley |17,930 |19,311 |20,660 |21,891 |24,194
Brent |28,379 |30,375 |29,363 |34,711 |35,069
Bromley |21,733 |23,836 |24,672 |27,337 |28,321
Croydon |25,383 |28,663 |29,194 |35,590 |39,991
Ealing |n/a |35,143 |38,165 |44,149 |46,309
Enfield |21,105 |23,809 |25,806 |30,649 |35,480
Haringey |n/a |n/a |28,047 |31,376 |34,023
Harrow |19,549 |20,920 |21,974 |27,037 |30,541
Havering |18,863 |20,614 |21,710 |24,306 |26,136
Hillingdon |19,089 |21,437 |23,340 |27,937 |30,181
Hounslow |n/a |22,556 |24,270 |26,906 |28,181
Kingston upon Thames |9,763 |10,870 |11,761 |13,567 |14,889
Merton |8,475 |10,600 |11,689 |20,344 |22,944
Newham |n/a |27,996 |30,633 |33,135 |38,014
Redbridge |16,851 |18,349 |19,275 |23,202 |26,273
Richmond upon Thames |10,341 |11,470 |12,836 |14,539 |16,633
Sutton |11,276 |12,759 |13,786 |15,846 |17,138
Waltham Forest |21,565 |n/a |25,179 |28,190 |29,683
Birmingham |92,442 |104,685|115,195|131,807|144,562
Coventry |26,113 |28,468 |32,878 |36,577 |36,976
Dudley |24,535 |27,345 |29,979 |34,651 |37,935
Sandwell |28,533 |31,951 |35,807 |41,765 |45,262
Solihull |15,944 |18,090 |20,686 |22,343 |24,559
Walsall |26,680 |30,390 |32,384 |39,752 |37,099
Wolverhampton |n/a |27,176 |30,398 |32,025 |35,798
Knowsley |17,292 |19,599 |20,441 |23,308 |24,403
Liverpool |47,753 |50,937 |56,792 |60,599 |66,260
St. Helens |15,676 |17,497 |19,356 |20,218 |22,494
Sefton |22,774 |25,353 |28,297 |32,364 |34,035
Wirral |26,169 |31,000 |36,164 |38,281 |39,858
Bolton |22,204 |25,364 |28,609 |31,501 |35,917
Bury |16,498 |18,166 |18,444 |18,815 |20,834
Manchester |44,212 |n/a |54,692 |58,314 |63,942
Oldham |22,161 |25,244 |29,169 |31,581 |36,812
Rochdale |17,822 |20,613 |23,041 |24,804 |27,542
Salford |n/a |n/a |26,341 |28,442 |29,655
Stockport |22,204 |24,612 |26,518 |30,883 |32,452
Tameside |19,717 |22,606 |25,471 |27,749 |30,386
Trafford |16,476 |18,059 |18,915 |20,960 |23,828
Wigan |26,149 |28,806 |31,006 |32,838 |36,122
Barnsley |18,279 |20,199 |21,984 |24,881 |27,392
Doncaster |26,803 |30,495 |33,190 |33,954 |36,470
Rotherham |23,692 |25,722 |28,801 |31,235 |34,216
Sheffield |n/a |51,097 |55,357 |59,325 |64,089
Bradford |39,103 |43,058 |46,923 |55,126 |61,118
Calderdale |16,890 |20,762 |21,034 |26,666 |29,080
Kirklees |32,357 |36,747 |40,146 |43,539 |48,113
Leeds |50,351 |57,263 |63,016 |72,682 |84,732
Wakefield |26,783 |n/a |33,723 |35,404 |40,178
Gateshead |18,180 |20,045 |21,415 |24,058 |26,982
Newcastle upon Tyne |24,199 |26,492 |28,374 |33,139 |36,395
North Tyneside |15,949 |16,891 |19,069 |19,829 |21,253
South Tyneside |14,477 |16,091 |18,151 |19,159 |21,627
Sunderland |26,232 |28,741 |33,380 |37,121 |41,490
Isles of Scilly |237 |256 |262 |295 |314
Avon |72,569 |79,420 |90,054 |100,375|110,777
Bedfordshire |40,007 |43,054 |47,433 |53,536 |59,484
Berkshire |n/a |n/a |64,485 |78,749 |89,161
Buckinghamshire |57,171 |63,166 |67,421 |77,578 |80,221
Cambridgeshire |51,142 |57,398 |64,086 |71,547 |80,770
Cheshire |76,313 |83,838 |90,114 |107,654|117,127
Cleveland |52,508 |60,660 |64,973 |72,311 |76,244
Cornwall |33,103 |37,858 |41,193 |45,034 |53,147
Cumbria |42,710 |47,116 |51,841 |55,661 |60,723
Derbyshire |75,474 |83,733 |97,302 |108,559|115,371
Devon |65,253 |72,082 |80,867 |98,140 |105,867
Dorset |37,291 |41,308 |45,381 |53,169 |58,708
Durham |55,317 |60,549 |66,407 |74,425 |75,864
East Sussex |40,565 |45,718 |51,111 |57,379 |67,004
Essex |112,068|127,739|137,646|148,619|150,942
Gloucestershire |39,526 |43,653 |46,795 |49,856 |59,642
Hampshire |115,144|127,695|138,560|157,176|183,608
Hereford and Worcester |42,766 |46,072 |52,632 |63,230 |68,885
Hertfordshire |75,938 |87,768 |96,552 |104,267|116,114
Humberside |70,884 |90,812 |97,704 |100,303|112,520
Isle of Wight |6,219 |7,164 |7,651 |8,542 |10,324
Kent |98,319 |107,687|118,248|131,949|151,814
Lancashire |107,842|120,601|134,923|164,612|193,646
Leicestershire |70,356 |81,363 |89,238 |98,521 |114,762
Lincolnshire |40,523 |46,070 |50,793 |56,787 |63,253
Norfolk |60,648 |68,025 |68,520 |76,701 |87,633
North Yorkshire |48,930 |56,069 |59,477 |67,386 |79,659
Northamptonshire |42,089 |48,231 |52,529 |59,042 |65,287
Northumberland |18,831 |21,558 |22,876 |25,841 |29,117
Nottinghamshire |81,025 |89,747 |102,133|115,045|135,624
Oxfordshire |38,678 |42,364 |45,639 |60,348 |63,895
Shropshire |30,832 |35,827 |38,565 |45,411 |50,490
Somerset |29,978 |34,592 |38,414 |41,423 |46,080
Staffordshire |80,882 |89,306 |101,306|113,199|126,416
Suffolk |37,843 |42,262 |45,766 |53,445 |51,390
Surrey |68,923 |78,672 |85,485 |98,463 |108,096
Warwickshire |41,124 |44,765 |49,917 |54,007 |59,842
West Sussex |43,201 |49,677 |56,026 |61,701 |67,710
Wiltshire |39,796 |44,850 |48,631 |55,310 |62,484
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|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92
|£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
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ILEA |283,760|256,818|276,796|- |-
Corporation of London |- |- |- |0 |0
Camden |- |- |- |22,472 |24,625
Greenwich |- |- |- |31,934 |31,664
Hackney |- |- |- |20,373 |21,613
Hammersmith |- |- |- |13,142 |13,220
Islington |- |- |- |17,401 |22,215
Kensington and Chelsea |- |- |- |9,042 |9,696
Lambeth |- |- |- |15,346 |17,084
Lewisham |- |- |- |27,539 |25,721
Southwark |- |- |- |21,564 |21,685
Tower Hamlets |- |- |- |26,565 |30,322
Wandsworth |- |- |- |24,640 |25,631
Westminster |- |- |- |21,132 |23,270
Barking |16,903 |18,058 |19,077 |19,935 |20,285
Barnet |n/a |27,759 |33,946 |33,742 |38,030
Bexley |23,765 |25,640 |25,844 |27,638 |29,323
Brent |31,556 |35,019 |23,821 |24,202 |26,136
Bromley |29,563 |30,187 |29,943 |32,666 |28,008
Croydon |32,929 |34,770 |31,362 |32,576 |35,490
Ealing |n/a |27,433 |25,614 |28,256 |31,413
Enfield |26,215 |27,124 |28,740 |32,009 |38,254
Haringey |n/a |n/a |23,460 |21,674 |22,998
Harrow |17,932 |16,361 |15,296 |18,092 |19,039
Havering |27,832 |29,809 |31,761 |33,487 |35,688
Hillingdon |23,730 |25,161 |25,952 |28,672 |22,706
Hounslow |n/a |21,598 |24,227 |25,828 |28,451
Kingston upon Thames |13,576 |14,500 |15,087 |15,949 |17,953
Merton |16,409 |16,682 |20,877 |16,412 |18,883
Newham |n/a |28,516 |29,894 |31,278 |32,219
Redbridge |23,947 |24,724 |24,284 |28,324 |32,336
Richmond upon Thames |9,087 |9,734 |12,113 |13,734 |15,023
Sutton |14,345 |15,722 |18,205 |19,962 |18,769
Waltham Forest |31,034 |n/a |28,730 |30,931 |29,865
Birmingham |104,093|109,867|114,324|123,816|128,357
Coventry |35,060 |37,330 |39,747 |41,867 |38,260
Dudley |29,014 |31,612 |31,435 |32,167 |35,557
Sandwell |34,851 |37,470 |39,580 |41,901 |41,077
Solihull |21,532 |23,071 |25,725 |28,734 |29,901
Walsall |33,247 |35,913 |37,175 |39,900 |39,080
Wolverhampton |n/a |29,722 |30,809 |31,629 |33,210
Knowsley |21,412 |22,577 |19,835 |20,160 |20,477
Liverpool |55,291 |57,903 |59,622 |62,393 |65,674
St. Helens |22,158 |24,309 |25,159 |24,470 |25,965
Sefton |29,089 |30,307 |32,094 |37,633 |37,745
Wirral |35,522 |40,144 |41,260 |43,865 |44,333
Bolton |27,239 |29,672 |31,166 |32,063 |35,266
Bury |18,554 |19,191 |19,000 |18,358 |19,553
Manchester |46,963 |n/a |53,154 |51,386 |54,676
Oldham |22,433 |24,501 |26,529 |29,212 |35,408
Rochdale |27,283 |29,178 |29,588 |27,792 |26,689
Salford |n/a |n/a |28,447 |27,746 |28,475
Stockport |29,459 |32,282 |32,842 |35,236 |38,014
Tameside |23,318 |24,094 |24,845 |25,460 |27,796
Trafford |23,622 |25,042 |21,021 |22,325 |23,030
Wigan |38,255 |38,671 |42,616 |43,377 |46,974
Barnsley |24,398 |25,245 |25,053 |23,031 |24,718
Doncaster |33,296 |35,163 |37,055 |37,824 |41,040
Rotherham |28,002 |29,896 |32,244 |34,395 |38,284
Sheffield |n/a |50,352 |48,150 |50,085 |52,044
Bradford |65,003 |72,730 |70,523 |77,637 |78,890
Calderdale |20,944 |22,778 |21,075 |26,179 |23,758
Kirklees |41,469 |45,337 |46,580 |48,078 |51,615
Leeds |79,962 |86,075 |88,526 |97,879 |101,801
Wakefield |33,943 |n/a |37,583 |41,029 |43,804
Gateshead |20,888 |22,283 |21,883 |24,004 |24,449
Newcastle upon Tyne |30,838 |32,139 |32,814 |32,829 |34,092
North Tyneside |25,905 |27,001 |27,254 |28,214 |30,889
South Tyneside |15,736 |17,031 |18,104 |18,402 |18,300
Sunderland |32,072 |33,346 |34,521 |35,354 |37,795
Isles of Scilly |345 |399 |415 |487 |466
Avon |83,817 |90,667 |95,238 |101,094|106,638
Bedfordshire |66,501 |72,902 |78,194 |80,258 |88,540
Berkshire |n/a |n/a |77,592 |85,887 |88,943
Buckinghamshire |61,299 |67,691 |62,201 |65,433 |65,733
Cambridgeshire |60,585 |65,844 |67,080 |74,971 |82,347
Cheshire |101,137|107,246|111,186|122,600|132,968
Cleveland |65,265 |73,426 |74,905 |78,830 |82,752
Cornwall |43,834 |48,193 |49,299 |53,917 |56,275
Cumbria |53,290 |56,641 |57,230 |60,643 |64,703
Derbyshire |99,842 |109,447|113,603|115,144|119,162
Devon |86,555 |92,366 |94,509 |106,525|110,872
Dorset |53,569 |58,266 |63,126 |68,240 |70,712
Durham |59,213 |62,446 |63,689 |69,228 |74,351
East Sussex |52,485 |56,504 |59,476 |66,567 |69,165
Essex |158,603|174,762|176,303|188,251|215,389
Gloucestershire |51,393 |55,333 |55,400 |56,888 |50,885
Hampshire |131,610|141,754|149,246|161,119|172,725
Hereford and Worcester |70,427 |73,331 |78,023 |86,582 |93,051
Hertfordshire |100,831|114,416|123,816|130,444|138,069
Humberside |98,838 |109,653|102,864|105,286|119,365
Isle of Wight |14,556 |15,949 |16,116 |17,821 |19,702
Kent |144,757|157,284|155,894|173,843|185,340
Lancashire |140,608|149,517|152,507|158,438|178,812
Leicestershire |101,376|110,501|113,314|123,271|134,347
Lincolnshire |55,407 |60,579 |58,243 |62,614 |63,114
Norfolk |67,455 |73,180 |73,547 |78,277 |82,917
North Yorkshire |66,355 |72,595 |76,075 |86,319 |93,071
Northamptonshire |64,577 |70,504 |73,838 |77,212 |81,837
Northumberland |40,437 |45,088 |45,861 |50,744 |55,959
Nottinghamshire |110,060|117,526|123,887|138,107|155,956
Oxfordshire |54,969 |56,103 |60,428 |70,294 |69,574
Shropshire |45,754 |50,181 |49,965 |55,116 |61,126
Somerset |43,334 |47,873 |48,294 |50,894 |53,387
Staffordshire |112,975|118,466|122,153|129,556|138,811
Suffolk |64,609 |71,526 |84,434 |93,670 |79,273
Surrey |74,083 |81,389 |75,709 |88,312 |87,425
Warwickshire |41,497 |45,650 |44,991 |46,756 |49,618
West Sussex |57,563 |60,652 |68,081 |74,530 |83,374
Wiltshire |52,416 |57,379 |56,382 |61,611 |63,152
Notes:
1. Figures for 1989-90 to 1991-92 are derived from LEAs' returns of
their spending to the Department of Environment. They include
school-based
spending on salaries and wages, recurrent premises costs, books,
equipment and other supplies and services. From 1990-91 they also
include
unspent balances held by schools under local management schemes.
Figures exclude spending on home to school transport, school meals,
LEAs'
central administration and financing costs of capital expenditure.
Figures for 1987-88 and 1988-89 are taken from the Cipfa handbook
"Education
Statistics Actuals" for that year.
2. "n/a" indicates that a return was not received from the LEA.
Further Education Colleges
Mr. Austin-Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what representations he has received to meet a delegation from south-east London further education colleges ; and what was his response ;
(2) what plans he has to meet principals of further education colleges in south-east London ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell : I hope soon to be able to take up an invitation received last year to visit Southwark college and to meet a number of principals of other London colleges. In addition, I am currently considering an invitation received on 22 February to visit Woolwich college.
Legal Practice Courses
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many discretionary grants for the legal practice course have been issued each year for the last five years ;
(2) what is the total amount of money paid out by local authorities in discretionary grants for the legal practice course in each of the last five years.
Mr. Boswell : The information requested is not collected centrally.
Teacher Training
Sir Malcolm Thornton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what further consideration he has given to initial teacher training bursaries for shortage subjects ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Robin Squire : My right hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Wales have considered the future of the bursary scheme, in the light of buoyant recruitment to initial teacher training, the rising cost of bursaries and the availability of public funds.
They have concluded that bursaries of £1,000 should continue to be available in the academic year 1994-95 for full-time one and two-year PGCE and BEd courses in physics, chemistry, integrated science, mathematics, technology, modern foreign languages and Welsh. They have also decided that courses in biology beginning after July 1994, and all part-time--including Open university--courses beginning after December 1994, should not attract bursaries.
My right hon. Friends plan to review the bursary scheme in consultation with the proposed Teacher Training Agency in 1995.
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