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Disability Symbol

Mr. Barnes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for her Department and each of the agencies for which she is responsible if it uses the Employment Service's positive disabled people symbol for (a) external recruitment and (b) internal recruitment and promotion. [11910]

Mr. Robin Squire: The position in the Department and its agencies is as follows:

	(a)	(b)
DfEE	No	No
Employment Service	Yes	Yes
Teachers' Pensions Agency	No	No

DfEE plans to introduce the symbol from April 1996. Consideration is being given to how the Teachers' Pensions Agency might be included in arrangements for use of the symbol by DfEE.

Education Spending

Mrs. Gorman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each local education authority in England (i) total education spending excluding further education in (a) 1992-93 and (b) 1993-94, (ii) total expenditure on service strategy and regulation in (c) 1992-93 and (d) 1993-94, (iii) (c) as a percentage of (a), (iv) (d) as a percentage of (b) and (vi) the difference between (iii) and (iv) in ascending order of this difference. [11875]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows for each local education authority total education expenditure excluding further education colleges for (a) 1992-93 and (b) 1993-94; total expenditure for service strategy and regulation for (c) 1992-93 and (d) 1993-94; the percentage of service strategy and regulation expenditure within total education expenditure for each year (d) 1992-93 and (e) 1993-94; and finally the difference between these variances in ascending order.

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	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
	Total education expenditure excluding further education colleges 1992-93	Total education expenditure 1993-94	Service strategy and regulation total expenditure 1992-93	Service strategy and regulation total expenditure 1993-94	Column C as a percentage of column A	Column D as a percentage of Column B	Column F minus Column E
	£	£	£	£
LEA	000	000	000	000
Coventry	158,933	155,060	13,468	3,417	8.47	2.20	-6.27
South Tyneside	68,337	67,558	3,991	91	5.84	0.13	-5.71
Isle of Wight	48,888	50,013	2,568	716	5.25	1.43	-3.82
Croydon	146,894	145,168	5,587	1,814	3.80	1.25	-2.55
Northamptonshire	223,754	220,838	12,232	6,645	5.47	3.01	-2.46
Cheshire	415,440	423,757	9,721	1,660	2.34	0.39	-1.95
Corporation of London	1,985	2,792	285	347	14.36	12.43	-1.93
Devon	377,621	386,425	5,210	302	1.38	0.08	-1.30
Berkshire	274,430	286,230	4,583	1,373	1.67	0.48	-1.19
Sunderland	123,308	126,776	1,745	445	1.42	0.35	-1.06
Buckinghamshire	281,150	272,288	6,479	3,526	2.30	1.29	-1.01
Barnsley	85,950	89,309	1,558	947	1.81	1.06	-0.75
Lincolnshire	205,521	202,982	2,278	1,323	1.11	0.65	-0.46
Southwark	131,430	130,033	1,782	1,276	1.36	0.98	-0.37
Wiltshire	218,110	218,048	2,139	1,541	0.98	0.71	-0.27
Cumbria	188,827	188,098	2,275	1,754	1.20	0.93	-0.27
Wakefield	133,981	130,009	847	495	0.63	0.38	-0.25
Greenwich	137,152	130,387	1,763	1,405	1.29	1.08	-0.21
East Sussex	250,377	256,923	3,388	2,999	1.35	1.17	-0.19
Haringey	122,255	123,408	684	513	0.56	0.42	-0.14
Suffolk	252,381	255,816	1,906	1,601	0.76	0.63	-0.13
Wolverhampton	118,265	121,781	1,144	1,040	0.97	0.85	-0.11
Wirral	148,146	149,604	1,873	1,722	1.26	1.15	-0.11
Warwickshire	195,644	201,245	2,096	1,961	1.07	0.97	-0.10
Avon	389,520	395,791	1,694	1,389	0.43	0.35	-0.08
Kirklees	171,820	174,975	906	796	0.53	0.45	-0.07
Somerset	184,342	193,130	724	620	0.39	0.32	-0.07
West Sussex	262,590	270,019	898	767	0.34	0.28	-0.06
Norfolk	276,024	283,294	956	827	0.35	0.29	-0.05
Dorset	219,606	219,426	1,158	1,055	0.53	0.48	-0.05
Gloucestershire	186,903	175,559	1,973	1,774	1.06	1.01	-0.05
Lambeth	157,451	146,935	1,251	1,104	0.79	0.75	-0.04
Sefton	124,977	128,750	479	463	0.38	0.36	-0.02
Leeds	300,232	303,660	653	599	0.22	0.20	-0.02
Humberside	390,801	403,069	354	302	0.09	0.07	-0.02
Leicestershire	394,135	400,635	1,047	1,036	0.27	0.26	-0.01
Doncaster	132,006	137,447	214	219	0.16	0.16	0.00
Bradford	234,523	236,543	175	175	0.07	0.07	0.00
Isles of Scilly	1,371	1,325	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stockport	122,188	116,044	317	315	0.26	0.27	0.01
Nottinghamshire	422,944	445,597	1,956	2,135	0.46	0.48	0.02
Gateshead	86,549	88,358	293	319	0.34	0.36	0.02
Liverpool	225,399	229,160	574	636	0.25	0.28	0.02
Bolton	120,908	116,752	350	365	0.29	0.31	0.02
Lancashire	606,266	618,913	1,185	1,354	0.20	0.22	0.02
Hampshire	605,272	581,475	2,500	2,650	0.41	0.46	0.04
Durham	257,395	256,604	941	1,068	0.37	0.42	0.05
Cleveland	270,847	256,574	224	347	0.08	0.14	0.05
Bedfordshire	248,007	238,055	1,114	1,217	0.45	0.51	0.06
North Tyneside	88,626	83,108	328	362	0.37	0.44	0.07
Trafford	90,203	86,556	548	583	0.61	0.67	0.07
Manchester	237,226	228,234	1,304	1,414	0.55	0.62	0.07
Tower Hamlets	131,520	137,526	1,650	1,837	1.25	1.34	0.08
Hereford and Worcester	260,243	257,975	925	1,147	0.36	0.44	0.09
Lewisham	135,611	129,582	721	814	0.53	0.63	0.10
Redbridge	106,936	110,514	750	884	0.70	0.80	0.10
Northumberland	136,023	137,770	624	804	0.46	0.58	0.12
Barking	71,015	71,871	380	477	0.54	0.66	0.13
Sutton	67,780	61,647	656	677	0.97	1.10	0.13
Newham	125,098	123,745	492	651	0.39	0.53	0.13
Sandwell	142,552	137,676	348	539	0.24	0.39	0.15
Kent	538,540	525,500	526	1,298	0.10	0.25	0.15
Rotherham	115,121	118,246	191	376	0.17	0.32	0.15
Wandsworth	130,071	111,613	1,480	1,443	1.14	1.29	0.16
North Yorkshire	291,697	290,381	712	1,161	0.24	0.40	0.16
Salford	101,175	95,098	696	804	0.69	0.85	0.16
Havering	97,638	87,409	628	700	0.64	0.80	0.16
Brent	146,691	126,662	833	926	0.57	0.73	0.16
Camden	107,437	107,239	337	517	0.31	0.48	0.17
St. Helens	84,737	85,062	402	549	0.47	0.65	0.17
Tameside	93,900	91,012	337	484	0.36	0.53	0.17
Birmingham	482,369	481,936	0	857	0.00	0.18	0.18
Cambridgeshire	275,872	251,033	1,360	1,686	0.49	0.67	0.18
Sheffield	198,839	198,083	359	756	0.18	0.38	0.20
Derbyshire	389,718	372,067	572	1,329	0.15	0.36	0.21
Cornwall	188,989	193,145	935	1,393	0.49	0.72	0.23
Rochdale	92,173	91,563	328	540	0.36	0.59	0.23
Wigan	134,139	131,580	108	438	0.08	0.33	0.25
Bromley	92,178	90,193	723	941	0.78	1.04	0.26
Kingston upon Thames	64,075	55,558	565	634	0.88	1.14	0.26
Shrophire	177,595	169,883	0	449	0.00	0.26	0.26
Solihull	99,086	90,603	925	1,090	0.93	1.20	0.27
Richmond upon Thames	65,678	67,346	785	991	1.20	1.47	0.28
Merton	82,841	79,806	1,969	2,120	2.38	2.66	0.28
Calderdale	81,507	79,152	417	656	0.51	0.83	0.32
Bexley	93,663	87,566	1,310	1,598	1.40	1.82	0.43
Hounslow	109,740	105,192	355	797	0.32	0.76	0.43
Bury	80,691	79,172	795	1,130	0.99	1.43	0.44
Hillingdon	87,301	77,691	225	563	0.26	0.72	0.47
Hackney	137,918	130,965	748	1,339	0.54	1.02	0.48
City of Westminster	96,033	95,812	2,324	2,816	2.42	2.94	0.52
Oxfordshire	219,931	229,999	0	1,213	0.00	0.53	0.53
Staffordshire	437,107	405,148	0	2,489	0.00	0.61	0.61
Harrow	94,134	99,083	673	1,322	0.71	1.33	0.62
Barnet	147,567	135,228	878	1,890	0.59	1.40	0.80
Ealing	130,983	129,805	0	1,191	0.00	0.92	0.92
Hammersmith and Fulham	88,434	87,131	931	1,775	1.05	2.04	0.98
Islington	135,928	117,886	0	1,197	0.00	1.02	1.02
Essex	571,035	498,636	2,660	8,021	0.47	1.61	1.14
Hertfordshire	419,703	412,363	3,444	8,103	0.82	1.97	1.14
Surrey	375,278	361,684	972	5,486	0.26	1.52	1.26
Newcastle upon Tyne	129,432	123,114	413	2,059	0.32	1.67	1.35
Knowsley	81,187	82,913	1,783	3,038	2.20	3.66	1.47
Enfield	135,753	122,282	1,109	2,921	0.82	2.39	1.57
Kensington and Chelsea	67,941	64,095	697	1,671	1.03	2.61	1.58
Waltham Forest	116,115	118,987	218	3,052	0.19	2.56	2.38
Walsall	131,255	123,192	0	3,278	0.00	2.66	2.66
Oldham	123,586	114,020	55	3,298	0.04	2.89	2.85
Dudley	117,858	112,402	500	3,752	0.42	3.34	2.91
Total	20,554,327	20,223,378	155,542	156,771	0.76	0.78	0.02

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