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Investors in People

Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps his Department is taking to achieve investor in people status; when it started the process; when it expects to achieve investor in people status; and if he will make a statement. [2983]

Mr. Burt: The Department is committed to the principles of investor in people and uses the IIP standards to underpin all personnel policies throughout the Department. Individual business units are, however, free to approach the achievement of the standard in ways which best meet their business needs. The Benefits Agency began the process of IIP accreditation as early as 1992 and 20 business units have subsequently received accreditation with a further 113 units at different stages of achievement. The Contributions Agency, War Pensions Agency and Information Technology Services Agency are at various stages of the process with a view to obtaining accreditation during 1996 and 1997. DSS headquarters aim to audit their personnel management practices against the IIP standard during 1996 and the Child Support Agency will encourage individual units to seek accreditation.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

School Budgets

Mr. Jopling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the percentage of each shire county's education budget which is held back for central administration together with the amount of money this represents per school pupil. [2570]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows the percentage of each county's general schools budget reserved centrally in 1995-96 for management and administration, and the amount of money per pupil which this represents.

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Local education authority	Management and administration	Amount per pupil
	Per cent.	£
Avon	2.51	63
Bedfordshire	1.62	39
Berkshire	1.59	37
Buckinghamshire	3.17	77
Cambridgeshire	1.41	33
Cheshire	1.33	29
Cleveland	2.33	54
Cornwall	1.23	29
Cumbria	1.18	27
Derbyshire	1.12	25
Devon	1.41	33
Dorset	2.22	48
Durham	1.73	39
East Sussex	1.03	26
Essex	1.74	40
Gloucestershire	2.23	49
Hampshire	2.03	47
Hereford and Worcester	1.35	30
Hertfordshire	0.72	17
Humberside	2.43	57
Isle of Wight	1.33	32
Isles of Scilly	2.22	95
Kent	3.48	81
Lancashire	1.50	35
Leicestershire	1.86	42
Lincolnshire	1.63	39
Norfolk	0.76	18
North Yorkshire	1.67	37
Northampstonshire	1.26	28
Northumberland	1.80	41
Nottinghamshire	2.01	43
Oxfordshire	1.11	28
Shropshire	1.59	37
Somerset	0.84	18
Staffordshire	0.95	20
Suffolk	1.17	27
Surrey	2.02	51
Warwickshire	1.76	43
West Sussex	1.83	42
Wiltshire	1.39	31

Notes: 1. The figures have been derived from budget statements published by local education authorities under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988 in respect of the financial year 1995-96. 2. Amounts per pupil have been rounded to the nearest pound.

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Nursery Voucher Scheme

Sir Thomas Arnold: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the cost of vouchers under the nursery scheme will be deducted from local authority standard spending assessments. [3375]

Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the local education authorities which are piloting the nursery voucher scheme will be subject to the standard spending assessment clawback during the period of the pilot. [3447]

Mr. Robin Squire: In both phase 1 and full implementation of the nursery education voucher scheme, vouchers will be funded through a combination of new money and deduction from participating local authorities' standard spending assessments. The deduction will be based on the number of four-year-olds in nursery education places in the maintained sector in a base year, taking into account termly variations in attendance.

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Local Education Authority SSASs

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the education component of standard spending assessments per pupil (a) between five and 10 years, and (b) between 11 and 15 years, expressed in cash and constant prices, in (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 1996-97, in each local education authority and on average; and what was the percentage change in each local education authority and on average between 1992-93 and the latest year for which figures are available. [3111]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following tables set out the information requested. Some care is needed in drawing conclusions about the percentage change in funding between 1992-93 and 1996-97, since the figures take no account of local education authorities' loss of responsibility for certain functions, notably the careers service and school inspections.

The figures for the secondary sector are also affected by the use from 1995-96 of September in place of January as the date on which pupils are counted for SSA purposes, and above all, by the relative shift in LEA expenditure from the secondary to the primary and nursery sectors, which is subsequently reflected in the SSA distribution.

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Table 1: Primary

		SSA per pupil (5-10)
	1995-96 cash amount	1995-96 (in 1996-97 prices)	1996-97	Percentage change between 1992-93 and 1996-97 (cash)
LEA name	£	£	£
City of London	2,901	2,981	2,736	20.9
Camden	2,900	2,980	2,841	12.6
Greenwich	2,711	2,785	2,716	14.3
Hackney	3,076	3,161	2,991	2.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,904	2,984	2,808	8.3
Islington	2,888	2,968	2,865	6.1
Kensington and Chelsea	2,852	2,930	2,628	0.7
Lambeth	3,066	3,151	3,024	2.5
Lewisham	2,777	2,853	2,803	10.5
Southwark	2,947	3,028	2,926	8.6
Tower Hamlets	3,035	3,118	3,052	2.2
Wandsworth	2,683	2,757	2,654	3.6
Westminster	2,750	2,826	2,667	2.9
Barking and Dagenham	2,231	2,293	2,273	9.6
Barnet	2,197	2,257	2,205	6.5
Bexley	2,064	2,121	2,124	11.3
Brent	2,500	2,568	2,554	3.9
Bromley	2,013	2,068	2,074	10.1
Croydon	2,243	2,305	2,278	8.6
Ealing	2,350	2,414	2,378	3.7
Enfield	2,234	2,296	2,289	9.7
Haringey	2,589	2,660	2,632	2.2
Harrow	2,147	2,206	2,194	10.0
Havering	2,023	2,079	2,104	15.1
Hillingdon	2,133	2,192	2,195	14.1
Hounslow	2,260	2,322	2,341	9.7
Kingston upon Thames	2,064	2,121	2,108	10.0
Merton	2,184	2,244	2,216	7.8
Newham	2,581	2,652	2,620	3.6
Redbridge	2,164	2,224	2,241	11.6
Richmond upon Thames	2,015	2,071	2,041	5.6
Sutton	2,093	2,150	2,162	13.7
Waltham Forest	2,434	2,501	2,484	7.3
Birmingham	2,083	2,140	2,173	4.8
Coventry	1,984	2,038	2,049	8.3
Dudley	1,813	1,863	1,896	11.5
Sandwell	1,986	2,040	2,051	7.3
Solihull	1,798	1,847	1,872	8.8
Walsall	1,894	1,946	1,992	9.8
Wolverhampton	1,995	2,049	2,081	3.9
Knowsley	2,186	2,246	2,231	8.8
Liverpool	2,110	2,168	2,203	6.9
St. Helens	1,845	1,895	1,945	12.5
Sefton	1,875	1,926	1,955	10.6
Wirral	1,948	2,002	2,024	8.3
Bolton	1,866	1,918	1,959	7.9
Bury	1,813	1,863	1,909	13.5
Manchester	2,258	2,320	2,320	7.9
Oldham	1,919	1,972	2,008	7.0
Rochdale	1,932	1,986	2,017	11.8
Salford	1,975	2,029	2,047	10.5
Stockport	1,775	1,824	1,863	11.7
Tameside	1,831	1,881	1,908	7.2
Trafford	1,830	1,881	1,905	9.2
Wigan	1,809	1,859	1,905	12.9
Barnsley	1,869	1,921	1,955	10.8
Doncaster	1,934	1,987	2,039	9.6
Rotherham	1,871	1,923	1,978	10.1
Sheffield	1,922	1,974	1,996	10.0
Bradford	1,986	2,041	2,070	5.0
Calderdale	1,896	1,948	1,986	9.8
Kirklees	1,900	1,953	1,972	6.4
Leeds	1,864	1,915	1,947	7.4
Wakefield	1,825	1,876	1,910	8.4
Gateshead	1,937	1,990	2,006	9.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,045	2,102	2,104	10.3
North Tyneside	1,845	1,896	1,946	8.3
South Tyneside	1,932	1,985	2,012	9.6
Sunderland	1,919	1,971	2,001	10.9
Isles of Scilly	3,347	3,439	3,574	13.3
Avon	1,838	1,888	n/a	n/a
Bedfordshire	1,995	2,050	2,057	8.5
Berkshire	1,988	2,043	2,047	10.3
Buckinghamshire	1,966	2,020	2,021	10.7
Cambridgeshire	1,876	1,928	1,962	11.2
Cheshire	1,817	1,867	1,903	11.8
Cleveland	1,940	1,993	n/a	n/a
Cornwall	1,893	1,946	1,984	10.3
Cumbria	1,856	1,907	1,957	11.0
Derbyshire	1,812	1,862	1,911	12.1
Devon	1,879	1,931	1,958	11.1
Dorset	1,833	1,883	1,910	11.4
Durham	1,884	1,936	1,983	11.0
East Sussex	2,000	2,055	2,043	11.9
Essex	1,989	2,043	2,055	13.2
Gloucestershire	1,836	1,887	1,912	10.4
Hampshire	1,930	1,983	1,989	11.2
Hereford and Worcester	1,827	1,877	1,914	11.8
Hertfordshire	2,010	2,065	2,074	12.6
Humberside	1,891	1,943	n/a	n/a
Isle of Wight Council	2,016	2,072	2,070	10.4
Kent	1,968	2,023	2,032	12.5
Lancashire	1,877	1,929	1,964	8.8
Leicestershire	1,864	1,915	1,954	9.5
Lincolnshire	1,873	1,924	1,969	8.8
Norfolk	1,881	1,932	1,971	10.2
North Yorkshire 1	1,827	1,878	n/a	n/a
Northamptonshire	1,836	1,887	1,927	9.5
Northumberland	1,825	1,875	1,935	11.1
Nottinghamshire	1,883	1,934	1,973	8.3
Oxfordshire	1,933	1,987	1,985	10.4
Shropshire	1,862	1,914	1,952	10.1
Somerset	1,846	1,897	1,933	10.8
Staffordshire	1,805	1,855	1,894	11.1
Suffolk	1,820	1,870	1,901	10.1
Surrey	1,998	2,053	2,040	11.6
Warwickshire	1,822	1,872	1,906	10.6
West Sussex	1,932	1,985	1,987	12.5
Wiltshire	1,835	1,885	1,921	9.8
Bath and North-east Somerset	n/a	n/a	1,881	n/a
City of Bristol	n/a	n/a	2,011	n/a
North Somerset	n/a	n/a	1,863	n/a
South Gloucestershire	n/a	n/a	1,834	n/a
Hartlepool	n/a	n/a	2,010	n/a
Middlesbrough	n/a	n/a	2,109	n/a
Redcar and Cleveland	n/a	n/a	2,042	n/a
Stockton on Tees	n/a	n/a	1,981	n/a
City of Kingston upon Hull	n/a	n/a	2,080	n/a
East Riding of Yorkshire	n/a	n/a	1,890	n/a
North-east Lincolnshire	n/a	n/a	1,982	n/a
North Lincolnshire	n/a	n/a	1,965	n/a
North Yorkshire 2	n/a	n/a	1,940	n/a
York	n/a	n/a	1,888	n/a
England	1,981	2,036	2,053	9.7

Notes: 1. The LEA that ceases to exist on 1 April 1996 as a result of Local Government Reorganisation. 2. The LEA that will exist on 1 April 1996 as a result of Local Government Reorganisation.

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Table 2: Secondary

		SSA per pupil (11-15)
	1995-96 cash amount	1995-96 (in 1996-97 prices)	1996-97	Percentage change between 1992-93 and 1996-97 (cash)
LEA name	£	£	£
City of London	9,055	9,304	8,717	163.7
Camden	3,648	3,748	3,599	-2.6
Greenwich	3,589	3,688	3,623	4.1
Hackney	4,359	4,479	4,210	-1.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,777	3,881	3,703	-2.6
Islington	3,963	4,072	3,891	-1.8
Kensington and Chelsea	4,071	4,183	3,608	-5.7
Lambeth	4,463	4,585	4,433	2.4
Lewisham	3,778	3,882	3,771	1.4
Southwark	4,090	4,203	3,945	-0.2
Tower Hamlets	4,034	4,145	4,053	-7.6
Wandsworth	3,617	3,716	3,554	-5.4
Westminster	3,637	3,737	3,473	-8.7
Barking and Dagenham	2,951	3,032	3,059	0.8
Barnet	2,883	2,962	2,900	-4.2
Bexley	2,734	2,810	2,832	1.6
Brent	3,448	3,543	3,511	-2.6
Bromley	2,678	2,752	2,746	-0.2
Croydon	3,050	3,134	3,092	0.8
Ealing	3,224	3,313	3,249	-3.3
Enfield	2,941	3,021	3,036	-0.6
Haringey	3,583	3,681	3,603	-4.6
Harrow	2,898	2,978	2,953	1.3
Havering	2,686	2,760	2,818	5.6
Hillingdon	2,838	2,916	2,931	4.3
Hounslow	2,959	3,041	3,074	-1.5
Kingston upon Thames	2,720	2,794	2,789	-0.4
Merton	2,904	2,984	2,950	-1.9
Newham	3,439	3,533	3,492	-5.9
Redbridge	2,884	2,963	2,972	1.2
Richmond upon Thames	2,635	2,707	2,662	-5.7
Sutton	2,722	2,797	2,831	1.9
Waltham Forest	3,261	3,350	3,350	-1.3
Birmingham	2,794	2,871	2,909	-4.2
Coventry	2,648	2,721	2,733	-1.3
Dudley	2,408	2,474	2,527	1.7
Sandwell	2,642	2,714	2,736	-2.2
Solihull	2,376	2,442	2,470	-1.8
Walsall	2,501	2.570	2,636	-0.6
Wolverhampton	2,691	2,765	2,809	-4.2
Knowsley	2,986	3,068	3,058	1.8
Liverpool	2,821	2,898	2,926	-3.1
St. Helens	2,467	2,534	2,610	3.3
Sefton	2,492	2,560	2,592	0.3
Wirral	2,606	2,678	2,692	-1.6
Bolton	2,488	2,556	2,605	-1.9
Bury	2,405	2,471	2,518	2.5
Manchester	3,072	3,156	3,143	-0.3
Oldham	2,530	2,600	2,648	-3.6
Rochdale	2,608	2,688	2,713	2.8
Salford	2,652	2,725	2,749	1.4
Stockport	2,374	2,439	2,484	1.9
Tameside	2,428	2,495	2,532	-2.7
Trafford	2,420	2,487	2,519	-1.2
Wigan	2,391	2,457	2,525	2.5
Barnsley	2,489	2,557	2,619	1.5
Doncaster	2,572	2,643	2,721	0.0
Rotherham	2,462	2,529	2,610	-0.6
Sheffield	2,565	2,636	2,681	1.0
Bradford	2,679	2,752	2,779	-3.7
Calderdale	2,527	2,597	2,651	0.3
Kirklees	2,539	2,609	2,639	-2.6
Leeds	2,480	2,548	2,599	-2.0
Wakefield	2,421	2,487	2,537	-1.4
Gateshead	2,601	2,673	2,692	0.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,717	2,792	2,794	0.1
North Tyneside	2,483	2,551	2,622	-0.3
South Tyneside	2,562	2,633	2,682	-0.1
Sunderland	2,549	2,620	2,675	1.3
Isles of Scilly	4,381	4,502	4,796	4.2
Avon	2,460	2,528	n/a	n/a
Bedfordshire	2,664	2,737	2,751	-0.7
Berkshire	2,664	2,737	2,735	-0.9
Buckinghamshire	2,630	2,702	2,716	1.9
Cambridgeshire	2,508	2,577	2,616	1.6
Cheshire	2,408	2,475	2,530	1.7
Cleveland	2,589	2,660	n/a	n/a
Cornwall	2,522	2,591	2,646	0.7
Cumbria	2,470	2,538	2,600	1.0
Derbyshire	2,415	2,481	2,557	2.7
Devon	2,506	2,575	2,611	1.5
Dorset	2,440	2,507	2,538	1.4
Durham	2,512	2,581	2,651	1.5
East Sussex	2,672	2,746	2,730	2.4
Essex	2,647	2,720	2,751	3.8
Gloucestershire	2,435	2,502	2,544	0.6
Hampshire	2,575	2,645	2,659	1.8
Herefordshire and Worcester	2,439	2,506	2,558	2.3
Hertfordshire	2,663	2,736	2,756	2.5
Humberside	2,509	2,577	n/a	n/a
Isle of Wight Council	2,696	2,770	2,757	0.7
Kent	2,620	2,692	2,715	2.9
Lancashire	2,502	2,570	2,617	-0.8
Leicestershire	2,483	2,551	2,605	-0.1
Lincolnshire	2,483	2,551	2,632	-0.4
Norfolk	2,508	2,577	2,631	0.8
North Yorkshire 1	2,422	2,489	n/a	n/a
Northamptonshire	2,448	2,515	2,570	0.0
Northumberland	2,421	2,488	2,583	1.5
Nottinghamshire	2,506	2,575	2,632	-1.1
Oxfordshire	2,575	2,645	2,627	0.1
Shropshire	2,479	2,547	2,598	0.3
Somerset	2,489	2,558	2,582	1.4
Staffordshire	2,398	2,463	2,522	1.3
Suffolk	2,422	2,488	2,540	0.8
Surrey	2,679	2,753	2,724	2.1
Warwickshire	2,433	2,500	2,545	1.1
West Sussex	2,571	2,641	2,649	2.7
Wiltshire	2,451	2,519	2,563	0.3
Bath and North-east Somerset	n/a	n/a	2,464	n/a
City of Bristol	n/a	n/a	2,759	n/a
North Somerset	n/a	n/a	2,464	n/a
South Gloucestershire	n/a	n/a	2,445	n/a
Hartlepool	n/a	n/a	2,675	n/a
Middlesbrough	n/a	n/a	2,860	n/a
Redcar and Cleveland	n/a	n/a	2,700	n/a
Stockton on Tees	n/a	n/a	2,624	n/a
City of Kingston upon Hull	n/a	n/a	2,791	n/a
East Riding of Yorkshire	n/a	n/a	2,518	n/a
North-east Lincolnshire	n/a	n/a	2,640	n/a
North Lincolnshire	n/a	n/a	2,597	n/a
North Yorkshire 2	n/a	n/a	2,562	n/a
York	n/a	n/a	2,534	n/a
England	2,630	2,702	2,729	0.2

Notes: 1. The LEA that ceases to exist on 1 April 1996 as a result of Local Government Reorganisation. 2. The LEA that will exist on 1 April 1996 as a result of Local Government Reorganisation.

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