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Schools (Sheffield)

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the schools for which Sheffield local education authority applied for supplementary credit approval for each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [8100]

Mrs. Gillan: There follows a list of the schools for which Sheffield local education authority has applied for

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supplementary credit approvals in the three financial years 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97:


During this period, the Government have provided capital support to Sheffield local education authority through annual capital guidelines of £10.259 million and supplementary credit approvals of £8.968 million.

Local Education Authorities (Capital Expenditure)

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what discussions she has had with local authorities representatives concerning local education authorities' responsibilities for deciding capital expenditure; and if she will make a statement. [8101]

Mrs. Gillan: We discuss local education authorities spending needs for capital work with the local authority associations at official level at the service working group on education and at ministerial level at the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance.

It is for individual local education authorities to decide how to use the capital resources available to them.

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Pupil Exclusions

Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, by region, the number of children excluded from school in each year for which figures are available. [8068]

Mr. Forth: Figures on permanent exclusions by region are available for the first time for the school year 1994-95. They are as follows:

Number
North654
Yorkshire and Humberside953
North West1,512
East Midlands855
West Midlands1,287
East Anglia336
Greater London2,064
Other South East2,132
South West876
Total10,669

The Department will be collecting comprehensive figures for permanent exclusions in the school year 1995-96 as part of the annual schools census in January. These figures will be available later in 1997.

Schools Renewal Challenge Fund

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the local authorities which have applied for funding under the schools renewal challenge fund. [8099]

Mrs. Gillan: One hundred local education authorities have submitted bids for funding from the schools renewal challenge fund. The following list sets out these authorities alphabetically.


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Student Union Membership

Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the cost to HM Government of carrying out the provisions of the Education Act 1994 concerning students opting out of membership of student unions. [7396]

Mr. Forth: There have been no direct costs to Government from the implementation of the provisions of the Education Act 1994. It is the responsibility of the governing body of a higher or further education institution to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that the requirement concerning the right of a student not to be a union member is observed by, or in relation to, a students' union.

Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will estimate the cost to student unions of implementing the provisions of the Education Act 1994 concerning students opting out of membership. [7397]

Mr. Forth: Such an estimate cannot be provided. Information on student unions' costs is not collected centrally.

Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students have opted out of membership of student unions under the terms of the Education Act 1994 in each student union. [7398]

Mr. Forth: This information is not available as it is not collected centrally.

Small Firms Initiative

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total Government expenditure on the small firms initiative in each year of the programme's operation; and if she will make a statement on the programme. [8220]

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Mr. Paice: Total expenditure on skills for small businesses in 1995-96 was £6.178 million. Expenditure in 1996-97 currently stands at £5.924 million. Skills for small businesses was established as a three-year initiative. Following a comprehensive Government review, this initiative will be absorbed into the local competitiveness budget from April 1997. This will provide wide-ranging advice and support to local firms by training and enterprise councils and business links.

Job Training

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total Government expenditure in 1995-96 prices on (a) the youth training scheme, (b) youth training, including youth credits, modern apprenticeships and accelerated modern apprenticeships, (c) the direct training service, (d) local initiative funds and (e) the former job training scheme for each year of their operation up to the latest year for which data are available. [8221]

Mr. Paice: The information requested is given in the following tables:

Youth training scheme

Year(15)Expenditure (£ million)Expenditure at 1995-96 prices (£ million)
1983-84426.80752.20
1984-85836.201,403.20
1985-86869.901,383.90
1986-87939.101,450.20
1987-881,064.901,561.30
1988-89993.201,364.90
1989-90976.001,253.70

(15) Expenditure is for Great Britain.

Youth training (including youth credits, modern apprenticeships and accelerated modern apprenticeships

Year(16)Expenditure (£ million)Expenditure at 1995-96 prices (£ million)
1990-91823.40979.40
1991-92746.30834.30
1992-93617.00661.90
1993-94640.10667.30
1994-95647.00662.70
1995-96 (provisional)634.70634.70

(16) Expenditure for 1990-91 is for Great Britain. Expenditure for 1991-92 is for England and Wales and expenditure from 1992-93 is for England only.

Direct Training Service(17)

Year(18)Expenditure (£ million)Expenditure at 1995-96 prices (£ million)
1970-7118.70151.80
1971-7222.70168.90
1972-7335.50244.20
1973-7449.70319.90
1974-7558.20313.10
1975-76118.60508.70
1976-77183.50693.40
1977-78197.10655.60
1978-79208.90625.00
1979-80229.40588.10
1980-81246.30533.60
1981-82235.10464.40

(17) The figures for Direct Training Services include expenditure for the TOPS programme which cannot now be disaggregated.

(18) Expenditure is for Great Britain.

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Local Initiative Fund

Year(19)Expenditure (£ million)Expenditure at 1995-96 prices (£ million)
1990-919.9011.80
1991-9248.2053.90
1992-9349.7053.30
1993-9447.7049.70

(19) Expenditure for 1990-91 is for Great Britain. Expenditure in 1991-92 is for England and Wales and expenditure from 1992-93 is for England only.

Job training programme(20)

Year(21)Expenditure (£ million)Expenditure at 1995-96 prices (£ million)
1982-83311.10573.70
1983-84240.70424.20
1984-85232.90390.80
1985-86219.40349.00
1986-87286.20442.00
1987-88272.30399.20

(20) The figures given are for the job training programme and include expenditure on the old job training scheme which cannot now be disaggregated. The job training programme was the generic name which covered a range of separate programmes including the old job training scheme.

(21) Expenditure is for Great Britain.

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