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Connahs Quay High School

Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will visit Connahs Quay high school to discuss her proposed superannuation scheme. [9982]

Mrs. Gillan: No.

Failing Schools

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many primary schools (a) nationally, (b) in the west midlands and (c) in Coventry were classified as failing in (i) 1994-95 and (ii) 1995-96; [9986]

(2) how many secondary schools (a) nationally, (b) in the west midlands and (c) in Coventry were classified as failing in (i) 1994-95 and (ii) 1995-96. [9987]

Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is given in the table:

	1994-95	1995-96
Number of failing primary schools
Nationally	46	116
West Midlands	4	11
Coventry	--	1
Number of failing secondary schools
Nationally	35	65
West Midlands	2	4
Coventry	--	--

1. The answer covers the academic years 1 September 1994 to 31 August 1995 and 1 September 1995 to 31 August 1996.

2. The classification of failure applies from the date that the school received the Office for Standards in Education published report.

3. The numbers include those schools which were subsequently restored to health or were closed. They do not include five failing special schools which have both primary and secondary provision, one of which is in the west midlands (Walsall).

4. The west midlands region has been defined as comprising Coventry, Walsall, Staffordshire, Solihull, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley, Shropshire, Hereford and Worcester, and Sandwell.

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National Curriculum (Exempt Schools)

Dr. Howells: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which schools are exempt from the national curriculum; and if she will make a statement. [9970]

Mrs. Gillan: Independent schools, non-maintained special schools, maintained special schools established in hospitals, and pupil referral units are the only schools which do not have to follow the national curriculum.

Consultants

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimates she has made of the amount spent on external consultants by her Department's non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. [10166]

Mr. Robin Squire: Information in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the actions her Department has taken on each of the recommendations contained in the Cabinet Office report on the Government's use of external consultants. [10167]

Mr. Squire: On 23 February 1995, the Employment Department sent the efficiency unit an action plan for implementing all the recommendations of the original report which were relevant to the Department.

The action plan is being implemented. The merger of the Department for Education and the Employment Department afforded an opportunity to review the guidance available on the use of external consultants. New guidance issued since the merger and procurement and contract management guidance, due to be issued by the end of this financial year, takes full account of the recommendations.

Challenge Fund Grants

Mr. Ingram: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the eligibility criteria for awarding grants under the challenge fund for science equipment announced in the Budget; and if she will make a statement. [9886]

Mr. Forth: It is for the Higher Education Funding Council for England to decide on the detailed criteria for its 1997-98 research equipment initiative. The council intends to finalise the criteria before the end of the current financial year, and details will be placed in the Library. The 1996 Budget letter to the council made clear, however, that the £20 million grant earmarked for research equipment would be expected to generate matching private funds from industry and other users of research.

GCSE Scores

Dr. Howells: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of school leavers gained GCSE grades A* to C in (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) science in the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by grade. [9975]

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Mrs. Gillan: The information requested is not available for school leavers. However, the percentage of 15-year-olds in England who gained GCSE grades A* to C in (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) science in 1994-95 were as follows:

	Mathematics Per cent.	English Per cent.	Science Per cent.
Grade A*	2	2	3
Grade A	7	8	7
Grade B	13	17	15
Grade C	19	23	18
Grades A* to C	40	50	43

On-the-job Training

Dr. Howells: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of employees of working age received on-the-job training in (a) the south-west and (b) the United Kingdom broken down by gender in the most recent year for which figures are available. [9977]

Mr. Paice: From the spring 1996 labour force survey, the percentage of employees of working age who received on-the-job training in the four weeks prior to the interview is:

	Total Per cent.	Men Per cent.	Women Per cent.
South west	6.6	6.4	6.9
United Kingdom	6.3	6.2	6.4

Information on the number receiving training in a year is not available in the form requested.

Schools (Parental Choice)

Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the recent Audit Commission report on the Government's policies in respect of parental choice over school places and provision. [10406]

Mr. Robin Squire: The Audit Commission's report "Trading Places" covers some important topics. I welcome the attention it gives to removing surplus

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places, which we have been emphasising for some time. I also welcome its acknowledgement that Government policies have driven up standards.

I am, however, disappointed with some of the simplistic conclusions the commission draws. There is no mismatch between LEAs' responsibilities and their powers. LEAs can determine their own priorities. They retain all the powers they need to manage the supply of school places and to respond, with other providers, to parental choice. It remains true that some LEAs have been rather slow in removing surplus places.

School Expenditure

Mr. Sweeney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is (a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget, allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for (i) mandatory exception from delegation, (ii) discretionary exceptions outside the potential schools budget, (iii) discretionary exceptions within the potential schools budget and (iv) the aggregate schools budget; [10401]

(2) what is (a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for discretionary exceptions outside the potential schools budget and which is (i) delegated and (ii) not delegated to schools; [10400]

(3) what is (a) the average sum per pupil and (b) the average percentage of the general schools budget, allotted by each local education authority in the current financial year for (i) money allocated to schools via age-weighted pupil units, (ii) premature retirement compensation, (iii) school transport, (iv) statementing and support for statemented pupils and (v) school meals (net of income). [10402]

Mr. Robin Squire: The table sets out the information requested, except in respect of two items. In relation to funding allocated via age-weighted pupil units, I shall write to my hon. Friend when the requisite figures have been extracted and collated. Where a local education authority has chosen to delegate funding which it might have retained as a discretionary exception outside--or within--the potential schools budget, the amounts in question form part of the aggregated schools budget and cannot ordinarily be separately identified from the LEA's local management of schools' financial statements.

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Amounts per pupil and percentage of GSB--Section 122 1996-97

	Aggregated schools budget		Discretionary exceptions within the PSB		Discretionary exceptions outside the PSB		Mandatory exceptions
LEA	£ per pupil	percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	percentage of GSB
Barking/Dagenham	2,031	60.8	2,244	6.4	144	4.3	952	0.3
Barnet	1,994	67.3	2,230	8.0	171	5.8	561	0.2
Barnsley	1,512	70.9	1,705	9.1	179	8.4	248	0.1
Bath and North-east Somerset	1,926	77.1	2,147	8.8	161	6.5	190	0.1
Bedfordshire	1,771	73.6	1,916	6.0	205	8.5	167	0.1
Berkshire	1,825	76.8	1,953	5.4	109	4.6	314	0.1
Bexley	1,718	73.5	1,870	6.5	144	6.2	323	0.1
Birmingham	1,971	77.1	2,158	7.3	214	8.4	184	0.1
Bolton	1,694	74.6	1,913	9.7	201	8.8	156	0.1
Bradford	1,684	64.8	1,876	7.4	220	8.5	502	0.2
Brent	2,042	71.0	2,157	4.0	183	6.4	534	0.2
Bristol	2,113	78.7	2,328	8.0	157	5.9	199	0.1
Bromley	1,689	71.1	1,945	10.8	99	4.2	332	0.1
Buckinghamshire	1,704	68.6	1,914	8.4	136	5.5	437	0.2
Bury	1,762	78.2	1,906	6.4	221	9.8	127	0.1
Calderdale	1,636	69.5	1,837	8.5	166	7.1	353	0.1
Cambridgeshire	1,670	67.6	1,866	7.9	180	7.3	423	0.2
Camden	2,530	63.6	2,868	8.5	186	4.7	924	0.2
Cheshire	1,784	77.0	1,955	7.4	158	6.8	203	0.1
Cornwall	1,730	69.8	1,959	9.3	174	7.0	345	0.1
Corporation of London	3,196	66.9	360	7.5	439	9.2	780	0.2
Coventry	1,934	76.4	2,127	7.6	131	5.2	272	0.1
Croydon	1,934	72.3	2,118	6.9	225	8.4	332	0.1
Cumbria	1,780	73.9	1,949	7.0	198	8.2	263	0.1
Derbyshire	1,551	70.7	1,738	8.5	228	10.4	226	0.1
Devon	1,765	75.6	1,934	7.3	192	8.2	206	0.1
Doncaster	1,795	71.9	2,042	9.9	182	7.3	273	0.1
Dorset	1,610	73.0	1,794	8.4	132	6.0	278	0.1
Dudley	1,752	81.6	1,823	3.3	152	7.1	171	0.1
Durham	1,681	74.1	1,898	9.6	181	8.0	190	0.1
Ealing	2,019	76.5	2,231	8.1	262	9.9	146	0.1
East Riding	1,854	77.4	2,069	9.0	230	9.6	97	0.0
East Sussex	1,840	74.2	2,043	8.2	187	7.5	250	0.1
Enfield	1,916	68.5	2,124	7.4	158	5.7	514	0.2
Essex	1,751	75.5	1,943	8.3	180	7.8	195	0.1
Gateshead	1,806	66.5	2,081	10.1	149	5.5	488	0.2
Gloucestershire	1,640	73.3	1,797	7.0	121	5.4	318	0.1
Greenwich	2,357	78.6	2,530	5.8	220	7.3	250	0.1
Hackney	2,355	68.8	2,635	8.2	405	11.8	382	0.1
Hammersmith/Fulham	2,505	73.5	2,745	7.1	390	11.4	273	0.1
Hampshire	1,872	76.9	2,054	7.5	144	5.9	235	0.1
Haringey	2,134	64.9	2,471	10.2	243	7.4	573	0.2
Harrow	2,096	77.1	2,327	8.5	75	2.8	316	0.1
Hartlepool	1,685	76.7	1,892	9.4	158	7.2	146	0.1
Havering	1,894	83.6	2,056	7.1	90	4.0	120	0.1
Hereford/Worcester	1,724	75.0	1,910	81	120	5.2	268	0.1
Hertfordshire	1,891	79.1	2.019	5.4	170	7.1	200	0.1
Hillingdon	1,915	72.5	2,124	7.9	134	5.1	385	0.1
Hounslow	2.061	72.9	2,290	8.1	138	4.9	400	0.1
Hull	1,735	77.4	1,931	8.8	202	9.0	109	0.0
Isle of Wight	1,757	76.4	1,955	8.6	148	6.5	195	0.1
Isles of Scilly	3,289	76.9	3,523	5.5	281	6.6	473	0.1
Islington	2,313	681	2,464	4.4	194	5.7	741	0.2
Kensington/Chelsea	2,804	72.6	3,092	7.5	229	5.9	539	0.1
Kent	1,753	74.4	1,971	9.2	119	5.1	267	0.1
Kingston	1,926	80.3	2,121	8.1	83	3.5	195	0.1
Kirklees	1,693	73.5	1,903	9.1	177	7.7	222	0.1
Knowsley	1,885	77.5	2,025	5.7	204	8.4	203	0.1
Lambeth	2,361	66.1	2,700	9.5	297	8.3	574	0.2
Lancashire	1,736	73.1	1,953	9.2	201	8.4	221	0.1
Leeds	1,840	72.2	1,964	4.9	167	6.5	419	0.2
Leicestershire	1,750	76.2	1,988	10.4	176	7.7	131	0.1
Lewisham	2,285	78.6	2,532	8.5	236	8.1	140	0.0
Lincolnshire	1,815	75.1	2,033	9.0	128	5.3	254	0.1
Liverpool	1,824	76.3	1,967	6.0	185	7.7	238	0.1
Manchester	1,837	71.2	2,001	6.4	235	9.1	346	0.1
Merton	1,933	63.7	2,155	7.3	77	2.5	802	0.3
Middlesbrough	1,761	66.8	2,000	9.1	183	6.9	451	0.2
North-east/Lincolnshire	1,801	77.4	2,005	8.7	218	9.4	105	0.0
Newcastle	1,855	74.6	2,084	9.2	201	8.1	201	0.1
Newham	1,855	68.4	2,179	11.9	190	7.0	344	0.1
Norfolk	1,846	72.0	2,024	6.9	222	8.7	317	0.1
North Lincolnshire	1,813	75.2	2,042	9.5	242	10.0	129	0.1
North Somerset	1,891	77.4	2,111	9.0	158	6.5	173	0.1
North Tyneside	1,769	73.2	1,923	6.4	183	7.6	312	0.1
North Yorkshire	1,828	79.2	2,018	8.3	181	7.8	108	0.0
Northamptonshire	1,770	74.9	1,905	5.7	124	5.2	334	0.1
Northumberland	1,739	75.3	1,909	7.4	229	9.9	172	0.1
Nottinghamshire	1,588	73.9	1,786	9.2	196	9.1	168	0.1
Oldham	1,811	77.9	1,995	7.9	190	8.2	138	0.1
Oxfordshire	1,798	70.5	1,954	6.1	151	5.9	446	0.2
Redbridge	1,959	75.2	2,131	6.6	129	4.9	346	0.1
Redcar and Cleveland	1,741	76.5	1,957	9.5	165	7.3	151	0.1
Richmond	2,032	81.3	2,226	7.8	55	2.2	217	0.1
Rochdale	1,701	76.2	1,822	5.4	201	9.0	210	0.1
Rotherham	1,732	78.0	1,933	9.1	134	6.0	153	0.1
Salford	1,775	66.3	1,959	6.9	191	7.1	528	0.2
Sandwell	1,692	75.2	1,898	9.1	141	6.3	211	0.1
Sefton	1,821	74.7	2,037	8.9	154	6.3	244	0.1
Sheffield	1,690	72.8	1,934	10.5	189	8.1	198	0.1
Shropshire	1,718	71.2	1,871	6.3	214	8.9	327	0.1
Solihull	1,834	81.8	1,943	4.9	161	7.2	137	0.1
Somerset	1,769	77.9	1,939	7.5	113	5.0	219	0.1
South Gloucestershire	1,863	74.0	2,075	8.4	172	6.8	271	0.1
South Tyneside	1,668	74.8	1,876	9.3	143	6.4	209	0.1
Southwark	2,255	71.9	2,524	8.6	299	9.5	313	0.1
St. Helens	1,821	77.1	2,025	8.6	201	8.5	136	0.1
Staffordshire	1,675	77.5	1,801	5.8	171	7.9	189	0.1
Stockport	1,801	74.4	1,975	7.2	150	6.2	294	0.1
Stockton on Tees	1,790	78.7	1,980	8.3	205	9.0	88	0.0
Suffolk	1,879	79.4	2,030	6.4	166	7.0	170	0.1
Sunderland	1,819	77.5	1,938	5.1	148	6.3	261	0.1
Surrey	1,860	72.0	2,055	7.6	226	8.7	302	0.1
Sutton	1,896	66.7	2,075	6.3	174	6.1	592	0.2
Tameside	1,556	66.8	1,731	7.5	165	7.1	433	0.2
Tower Hamlets	2,241	65.4	2,503	7.6	252	7.4	672	0.2
Trafford	1,556	72.7	1,757	9.4	147	6.9	236	0.1
Wakefield	1,586	62.0	1,818	9.1	184	7.2	556	0.2
Walsall	1,758	78.9	1,956	8.9	84	3.7	190	0.1
Waltham Forest	2,160	73.8	2,299	4.8	255	8.7	374	0.1
Wandsworth	2,313	72.7	2,585	8.5	243	7.6	355	0.1
Warwickshire	1,713	66.6	1,907	7.6	185	7.2	480	0.2
West Sussex	1,795	77.4	2,012	9.4	139	6.0	167	0.1
Westminster	2,351	71.7	2,629	8.5	215	6.5	435	0.1
Wigan	1,892	77.7	2,037	6.0	179	7.4	217	0.1
Wiltshire	1,713	73.5	1,904	8.2	246	10.6	180	0.;1
Wirral	1,780	75.3	1,962	7.7	184	7.8	219	0.1
Wolverhampton	1,756	74.9	1,906	6.4	162	6.9	283	0.1
York	1,718	78.6	1,931	9.8	119	5.4	136	0.1

The information in this table has been derived from financial statements produced under the section 122 of the Education Act 1996 (formerly section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988), incorporating LEAs' changes to their statements notified to the Department by 31 December 1996.

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Amounts per pupil and percentage of GSB--Section 122 1996-97

	Premature retirement compensation		Home to school transport		Cost of statements		School meals (net of income)
	£ per pupil	Percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	Percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	Percentage of GSB	£ per pupil	Percentage of GSB
Barking/Dagenham	16	0.5	27	0.8	74	0.1	71	2.1
Barnet	13	0.4	60	2.0	75	0.1	39	1.3
Barnsley	19	0.9	16	0.8	88	0.1	78	3.7
Bath and North-east Somerset	44	1.8	80	3.2	68	0.1	39	1.6
Bedfordshire	22	0.9	65	2.7	19	0.0	65	2.7
Berkshire	10	0.4	57	2.4	15	0.0	25	1.1
Bexley	5	0.2	25	1.1	51	0.1	43	1.9
Birmingham	23	0.9	49	1.9	41	0.0	94	3.7
Bolton	20	0.9	35	1.5	83	0.1	59	2.6
Bradford	38	1.4	39	1.5	81	0.0	101	3.9
Brent	42	1.5	59	2.0	18	0.0	70	2.4
Bristol	41	1.5	46	1.7	24	0.0	70	2.6
Bromley	6	0.3	36	1.5	100	0.2	40	1.7
Buckinghamshire	15	0.6	82	3.3	36	0.0	17	0.7
Bury	38	1.7	23	1.0	18	0.0	93	4.1
Calderdale	25	1.1	20	0.9	88	0.2	61	2.6
Cambridgeshire	22	0.9	61	2.5	90	0.0	45	1.8
Camden	7	0.2	54	1.3	63	0.1	88	2.2
Cheshire	22	0.9	57	2.4	40	0.0	17	0.7
Cornwall	19	0.8	60	2.4	120	0.1	49	2.0
Corporation of London	19	0.4	5	0.1	0	0.0	313	6.6
Coventry	26	1.0	29	1.1	33	0.0	67	2.6
Croydon	10	0.4	51	1.9	50	0.1	51	1.9
Cumbria	46	1.9	62	2.6	72	0.1	42	1.7
Derbyshire	22	1.0	48	2.2	93	0.0	87	4.0
Devon	28	1.2	89	3.8	61	0.0	40	1.7
Doncaster	27	1.1	24	0.9	96	0.1	53	2.1
Dorset	16	0.7	73	3.3	43	0.0	25	1.2
Dudley	18	0.8	28	1.3	11	0.0	54	2.5
Durham	23	1.0	61	2.7	83	0.0	51	2.2
Ealing	20	0.8	77	2.9	66	0.1	77	2.9
East Riding	25	1.1	85	3.6	6	0.0	58	2.4
East Sussex	9	0.4	51	2.1	36	0.0	58	2.4
Enfield	19	0.7	29	1.0	70	0.1	65	2.3
Essex	6	0.3	76	3.3	87	0.0	34	1.5
Gateshead	35	1.3	27	1.0	32	0.0	76	2.8
Gloucestershire	22	1.0	71	3.2	72	0.1	30	1.3
Greenwich	4	0.1	52	1.7	9	0.0	98	3.3
Hackney	17	0.5	93	2.7	55	0.1	133	3.9
Hammersmith/Fulham	11	0.3	97	2.8	67	0.1	161	4.7
Hampshire	13	0.5	47	1.9	24	0.0	39	1.6
Haringey	19	0.6	34	1.0	15	0.0	106	3.2
Harrow	12	0.4	32	1.2	74	0.1	26	1.0
Hartlepool	23	1.0	28	1.3	16	0.0	70	3.2
Havering	12	0.5	23	1.0	61	0.1	25	1.1
Hereford/Worcester	9	0.4	73	3.2	76	0.0	16	0.7
Hertfordshire	14	0.6	59	2.5	68	0.0	17	0.7
Hillingdon	15	0.6	92	3.5	21	0.0	0	0.0
Hounslow	9	0.3	37	1.3	40	0.0	52	1.9
Hull	30	1.3	44	2.0	7	0.0	83	3.7
Isle of Wight	10	0.4	58	2.5	70	0.2	56	2.4
Isles of Scilly	78	1.8	74	1.7	207	18.9	102	2.4
Islington	0	0.0	51	1.5	42	0.1	74	2.2
Kensington/Chelsea	16	0.4	7	0.2	69	0.2	146	3.8
Kent	13	0.5	72	3.1	72	0.0	35	1.5
Kingston	22	0.9	35	1.5	72	0.2	22	0.9
Kirkless	21	0.9	35	1.5	64	0.0	56	2.4
Knowsley	29	1.2	36	1.5	14	0.0	98	4.0
Lambeth	4	0.1	71	2.0	168	0.2	131	3.7
Lancashire	31	1.3	56	2.3	107	0.0	53	2.3
Leeds	22	0.9	31	1.2	20	0.0	53	2.1
Leicestershire	14	0.6	64	2.8	85	0.0	42	1.8
Lewisham	5	0.2	35	1.2	65	0.1	104	3.6
Lincolnshire	23	1.0	95	3.9	69	0.0	14	0.6
Liverpool	34	1.4	34	1.4	36	0.0	88	3.7
Manchester	50	1.9	40	1.6	8	0.0	119	4.6
Merton	27	0.9	35	1.1	88	0.1	3	0.1
Middlesbrough	11	0.4	22	0.8	17	0.0	71	2.7
North-east Lincolnshire	41	1.8	32	1.4	12	0.0	78	3.4
Newcastle	0	0.0	23	0.9	52	0.1	111	4.5
Newham	26	1.0	33	1.2	105	0.1	88	3.2
Norfolk	18	0.7	95	3.7	73	0.0	48	1.9
North Lincolnshire	34	1.4	66	2.7	4	0.0	69	2.8
North Somerset	40	1.6	81	3.3	72	0.1	40	1.7
North Tyneside	35	1.4	23	1.0	63	0.1	78	3.2
North Yorkshire	11	0.5	111	4.8	47	0.0	20	0.9
Northamptonshire	11	0.5	53	2.3	19	0.0	28	1.2
Northumberland	40	1.7	80	3.5	64	0.1	39	1.7
Nottinghamshire	45	2.1	36	1.7	12	0.0	56	2.6
Oldham	17	0.7	17	0.7	16	0.0	72	3.1
Oxfordshire	42	1.6	79	3.1	63	0.0	37	1.5
Redbridge	13	0.5	56	2.2	19	0.0	32	1.2
Redcar and Cleveland	24	1.0	34	1.5	29	0.0	61	2.7
Richmond	10	0.4	27	1.1	73	0.2	0	0.0
Rochdale	25	1.1	26	1.1	36	0.1	102	4.6
Rotherham	13	0.6	29	1.3	31	0.0	51	2.3
Salford	34	1.3	46	1.7	42	0.0	85	3.2
Sandwell	11	0.5	37	1.6	31	0.0	61	2.7
Sefton	26	1.1	28	1.1	40	0.0	71	2.9
Sheffield	40	1.7	35	1.5	78	0.0	75	3.2
Shropshire	28	1.2	90	3.7	41	0.0	36	1.5
Solihull	18	0.8	31	1.4	47	0.1	31	1.4
Somerset	17	0.7	72	3.2	80	0.1	27	1.2
South Gloucestershire	35	1.4	54	2.1	67	0.1	69	2.8
South Tyneside	25	1.1	16	0.7	16	0.0	74	3.3
Southwark	10	0.3	87	2.8	65	0.1	118	3.8
St. Helens	44	1.9	54	2.3	71	0.1	60	2.5
Staffordshire	27	1.3	47	2.2	48	0.0	40	1.8
Stockport	14	0.6	24	1.0	66	0.1	56	2.3
Stockton on Tees	5	0.2	30	1.3	24	0.0	60	2.6
Suffolk	13	0.6	78	3.3	45	0.0	21	0.9
Sunderland	10	0.4	26	1.1	38	0.0	59	2.5
Surrey	18	0.7	98	3.8	71	0.0	28	1.1
Sutton	6	0.2	45	1.6	27	0.1	46	1.6
Tameside	27	1.2	34	1.5	50	0.1	24	1.0
Tower Hamlets	21	0.6	48	1.4	82	0.1	135	3.9
Trafford	19	0.9	34	1.6	49	0.1	48	2.2
Wakefield	20	0.8	31	1.2	61	0.0	79	3.1
Walsall	30	1.3	20	0.9	34	0.0	55	2.5
Waltham Forest	20	0.7	43	1.5	4	0.0	73	2.5
Wandsworth	14	0.4	82	2.6	107	0.2	72	2.3
Warwickshire	35	1.4	68	2.6	23	0.0	43	1.7
West Sussex	3	0.1	53	2.3	40	0.0	30	1.3
Westminster	15	0.5	27	0.8	77	0.1	113	3.5
Wigan	46	1.9	32	1.3	24	0.0	53	2.2
Wiltshire	21	0.9	113	4.9	52	0.0	48	2.0
Wirral	45	1.9	53	2.2	40	0.0	67	2.8
Wolverhampton	50	2.2	35	1.5	22	0.0	75	3.2
York	10	0.5	45	2.1	55	0.1	33	1.5

The information in this table has been derived from financial statements produced under the section 122 of the Education Act 1996 (formerly section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988), incorporating LEAs' changes to their statements notified to the Department by 31 December 1996.

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