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Special Educational Needs: North West

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has allocated to special needs provision in (a) Lancashire and (b) each county in the north-west in each year since 1997. [296752]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: The available information on how much funding has been allocated to special needs provision in each local authority in (a) Lancashire and (b) the East of England in each county in the north-west in each year since 1997 is contained within the following table. Data are not available prior to 2000-01.

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Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs by local authorities in England since 2000-01
£
Local authority name	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
England	2,763,226,000	2,908,380,000	3,038,661,000	3,466,180,000	3,774,757,000	4,120,549,000	4,481,245,000	4,863,604,000	5,094,462,000	5,188,355,000
North West GOR	399,633,000	413,714,000	436,147,000	490,648,000	517,610,000	569,474,000	621,745,000	665,716,000	693,192,000	707,805,000
Blackburn and Darwen	13,775,000	13,667,000	14,392,000	16,207,000	17,320,000	19,210,000	20,652,000	23,552,000	17,180,000	17,716,000
Blackpool	10,260,000	10,533,000	9,985,000	12,895,000	12,827,000	13,556,000	14,241,000	15,020,000	16,326,000	16,852,000
Bolton	14,605,000	14,943,000	15,900,000	17,216,000	18,983,000	19,429,000	21,987,000	22,747,000	24,449,000	24,513,000
Bury	9,455,000	9,938,000	11,099,000	12,551,000	13,375,000	15,915,000	16,940,000	17,891,000	20,186,000	21,214,000
Cheshire (Pre-LGR)	31,671,000	33,787,000	36,732,000	43,613,000	47,962,000	58,423,000	65,851,000	69,129,000	74,423,000	-
Cheshire East	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36,936,000
Cheshire West and Chester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38,974,000
Cumbria	22,777,000	23,761,000	29,097,000	28,807,000	29,383,000	29,903,000	32,848,000	35,418,000	35,841,000	34,565,000
Halton	9,276,000	9,500,000	9,753,000	10,931,000	11,073,000	11,452,000	11,664,000	12,178,000	12,063,000	12,572,000
Knowsley	10,137,000	10,802,000	12,973,000	13,548,000	13,715,000	14,292,000	14,481,000	16,088,000	18,773,000	18,304,000
Lancashire	79,766,000	82,826,000	86,666,000	99,347,000	106,320,000	109,113,000	118,120,000	128,721,000	126,573,000	130,680,000
Liverpool	25,981,000	26,125,000	28,671,000	26,140,000	25,510,000	29,166,000	31,394,000	34,413,000	37,037,000	37,451,000
Manchester	24,053,000	26,238,000	28,448,000	35,869,000	33,912,000	38,646,000	54,584,000	58,501,000	62,021,000	67,042,000
Oldham	12,723,000	13,335,000	13,056,000	14,871,000	15,819,000	17,680,000	17,486,000	20,261,000	21,989,000	22,190,000
Rochdale	11,384,000	11,841,000	13,400,000	14,687,000	15,671,000	17,076,000	18,455,000	19,294,000	20,667,000	21,557,000
Salford	15,807,000	16,268,000	15,763,000	18,548,000	20,283,000	30,012,000	24,211,000	24,178,000	25,167,000	23,803,000
Sefton	15,161,000	14,700,000	15,122,000	16,495,000	17,523,000	18,539,000	20,391,000	20,786,000	20,740,000	20,513,000
St. Helens	8,987,000	9,277,000	9,477,000	11,612,000	12,156,000	12,037,000	13,067,000	13,775,000	14,470,000	14,488,000
Stockport	12,546,000	14,109,000	13,252,000	14,181,000	17,038,000	20,558,000	20,963,000	20,941,000	22,330,000	23,282,000
Tameside	11,394,000	11,734,000	10,584,000	12,381,000	13,271,000	14,151,000	14,978,000	17,793,000	17,125,000	17,637,000
Trafford	10,841,000	11,167,000	12,073,000	14,494,000	15,917,000	17,799,000	18,355,000	19,640,000	21,660,000	23,381,000
Warrington	9,340,000	9,803,000	10,150,000	11,357,000	12,315,000	13,275,000	15,056,000	16,477,000	19,412,000	19,872,000
Wigan	19,757,000	17,858,000	18,177,000	20,046,000	21,306,000	21,391,000	24,929,000	26,272,000	27,419,000	27,703,000
Wirral	19,936,000	21,501,000	21,377,000	24,853,000	25,931,000	27,849,000	31,093,000	32,642,000	37,343,000	36,561,000
Notes: 1. The data are drawn from local authorities Section 52 Budget Statements (Tables 1 and 2) submitted to the DCSF. 2. Includes planned expenditure on the provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with SEN, support for inclusion, inter- authority recoupment, fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad, educational psychology service, local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health related services, parent partnership, guidance and information, the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co-ordination. Also included is the funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" and the individual schools budget (ISB) for special schools. 3. The ISB for special schools will include some general education costs for pupils with SEN in addition to those costs specifically for SEN while the figures recorded against "notional SEN" are only indicative of the amount that might by spent by schools on SEN and, from 2004-05 onwards, "notional SEN" delegated to nursery schools was reported on section 52 for the first time (nursery schools "notional SEN" accounts for £7.8 million, £9.5 million, £10.4 million, £11.1 million and £11.7 million of the respective 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 England totals). In 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 local authorities in England also budgeted £499.6 million, £528.5 million, £554.9 million and £552.6 million for SEN transport expenditure but this is not included in the above table as figures are not available prior to 2005-06. 4. From 2009-10 figures no longer include LA functions in relation to child protection which was previously included within SEN section of budget Table 1. It is now included within Children and Young People's Safety section of the table. 5. Cheshire LA ceased to exist and became two new authorities (Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester) as part of the LGR on 1 April 2009. 6. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds and may not sum due to rounding. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 28 October 2009.

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