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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Spending Statistics

Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the spending per pupil (a) in primary schools and (b) in secondary schools in each local education authority in England. [34674]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following table sets out, for each local education authority, net institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA-maintained (a) pre-primary/primary schools and (b) secondary schools in England for 1994-95, the latest year for which figures are available.

Net institutional expenditure per pupil 1994-95(a) Pre-primary and primary(b) Secondary
££
Corporation of London3,6350
Camden2,0572,790
Greenwich2,0282,772
Hackney2,2493,138
Hammersmith and Fulham2,4823,316
Islington2,0552,657
Kensington and Chelsea2,3973,327
Lambeth2,5733,782
Lewisham2,0972,677
Southwark1,8982,681
Tower Hamlets2,3933,194
Wandsworth2,2683,053
Westminster2,4402,825
Barking and Dagenham1,8912,353
Barnet1,7632,415
Bexley1,5362,232
Brent1,7182,033
Bromley1,6342,231
Croydon1,7252,165
Ealing1,9692,457
Enfield1,7612,359
Haringey2,3002,986
Harrow2,0432,598
Havering1,7152,570
Hillingdon1,7772,625
Hounslow1,9312,582
Kingston upon Thames1,7302,518
Merton1,9312,663
Newham1,7112,623
Redbridge1,6782,553
Richmond upon Thames1,8842,373
Sutton1,8602,514
Waltham Forest1,7922,395
Birmingham1,7212,356
Coventry1,7052,418
Dudley1,5752,205
Sandwell1,6662,244
Solihull1,6052,225
Walsall1,6642,314
Wolverhampton1,6482,341
Knowsley1,5752,227
Liverpool1,6342,603
St. Helens1,5212,247
Sefton1,4872,227
Wirral1,5672,294
Bolton1,6462,261
Bury1,4922,032
Manchester1,5582,435
Oldham1,6212,293
Rochdale1,5522,225
Salford1,5072,151
Stockport1,5662,152
Tameside1,4472,046
Trafford1,4772,319
Wigan1,4742,130
Barnsley1,5502,102
Doncaster1,4442,025
Rotherham1,7192,220
Sheffield1,6122,110
Bradford1,6812,041
Calderdale1,6512,104
Kirklees1,6072,256
Leeds1,6452,223
Wakefield1,5902,046
Gateshead1,6382,257
Newcastle upon Tyne1,6602,314
North Tyneside1,6362,145
South Tyneside1,6232,062
Sunderland1,5762,142
Isles of Scilly2,4714,484
Avon1,6132,336
Bedfordshire1,6742,231
Berkshire1,6302,238
Buckinghamshire1,6362,256
Cambridgeshire1,5402,160
Cheshire1,5292,176
Cleveland1,5052,172
Cornwall1,6152,202
Cumbria1,5412,034
Derbyshire1,5962,290
Devon1,5542,203
Dorset1,5102,061
Durham1,7572,122
East Sussex1,6922,359
Essex1,7342,321
Gloucestershire1,2741,937
Hampshire1,6452,177
Hereford and Worcester1,6432,063
Hertfordshire1,7172,264
Humberside1,6522,304
Isle of Wight1,6072,030
Kent1,5552,276
Lancashire1,6612,345
Leicestershire1,6122,274
Lincolnshire1,5882,384
Norfolk1,6002,342
North Yorkshire1,5772,180
Northamptonshire1,6182,265
Northumberland1,5281,944
Nottinghamshire1,6922,396
Oxfordshire1,6802,285
Shropshire1,6052,413
Somerset1,6602,113
Staffordshire1,5652,104
Suffolk1,6902,182
Surrey1,7442,234
Warwickshire1,6652,349
West Sussex1,6682,240
Wiltshire1,5482,125
England1,6612,270


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Kirklees Borough Council

Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the amount of grant for Kirklees metropolitan council for the education revenue budget for each year since 1979-80. [34798]

Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 27 June 1996]: It is not possible to identify a portion of revenue support grant for the education revenue budget since RSG is not hypothecated to particular services. Details of the education standard spending assessment for Kirklees from 1990-91 to 1996-97 are set out in the following list. The previous system of local government finance that applied before 1990-91 was different in structure and coverage from the current system and comparable figures are therefore not available.


School Nursery Units

Mr. William O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many nursery units have been provided at Church-aided schools through the private finance initiative; [34829]

Mr. Robin Squire: We are aware that many local education authorities and voluntary aided schools are exploring the use of the private finance initiative or similar arrangements for education projects, including nursery units. PFI in schools and nursery units is at an early stage, and as yet we are not aware of any nursery units provided through the PFI.

Unemployment Benefit Rules

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list the professions where unemployed people are able to seek employment in their chosen occupation while receiving unemployment benefit without being asked to seek alternative employment; and if she will make a statement; [35003]

Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

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Letter from Mike Fogden to Mr Martin Redmond, dated 1 July 1996:


Barnsley and Doncaster Training

and Enterprise Council

Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the visit of a Minister from her Department to the area covered by the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC to discuss measures to reduce unemployment in the travel-to-work areas of Doncaster and Mexborough. [34984]

Mr. Paice: My noble Friend the Minister of State undertook the most recent visit of a Minister from the Department to the area covered by the Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council on 8 May 1996, in his capacity as a sponsor Minister. He visited sites in the Barnsley north-east corridor city challenge area and attended the launch of the Dearne Valley college, at the University of Sheffield. The visit was not specifically to discuss measures to reduce unemployment in the travel to work areas of Doncaster and Mexborough. However, he did meet a representative of the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC during the visit. He will be visiting the Doncaster area again, on 1 July 1996, to hold a reception for excellent, good and improving schools in the Yorkshire and Humberside region identified by Ofsted inspections.

Secondary Schools

Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) when she last met the chief inspector to discuss admission policy for secondary schools; [34771]

Mrs. Gillan: My right hon. Friend meets the chief inspector regularly, most recently on 5 June, to discuss a range of education matters.

Mr. Butcher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she or her ministerial colleagues have recently visited Germany to study the selection methods under which pupils are allocated to each type of secondary school in that country; and if she will make a statement. [35085]

Mrs. Gillan: No such visits have recently taken place. The White Paper "Self-government for Schools", Cm 3315, stresses the value of many different kinds of selection and specialisation in extending diversity and so giving parents more choice.

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