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Learning and Skills Council

Answer

[holding answer 21 October 2005]: The Department allocates funds for further education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector, including 16 to 18 years participation, to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) working through 47 local offices. The LSC was established in 2001 bringing the planning and funding of post-16 education together under one body within a framework set by Government.In 2003–04 the LSC spent £2,073 million on 16 to 18 years provision nationally. In 2004–05 this increased to £2,342 million—an increase of 9 per cent.My Department does not hold figures at local or regional levels. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive has responded to you with further details about the specific issues you have raised. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.Letter from Mark Haysom to Mr. John Grogan, dated 9 November 2005:"I write in response to your recent Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills referred to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) by Bill Rammell regarding the percentage change in 16 to 18 years and adult participation budgets for education in local Learning and Skills Councils and Regions between 2003–04 and 2004–05.""The LSC allocates funds for further education through the 47 local Learning and Skills Councils. The funds are allocated on an academic year basis.""The attached spreadsheets show the distribution of the FE funding in ascending order by local Council and at regional level showing the cash and percentage variance between 2003/04 and 2004/05.""I hope you find this helpful."

Local council level
Local council	Region	2003/0416–18 allocation	2004/0616–18 allocation	2003/04–2004/0516–18 cash variance	2003/04–2004/0516–18 % variance
Northumberland	North East	4,149,134	4,346,485	197,351	4.76
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	West Midlands	30,164,075	32,805,210	2,641,135	8.76
Black Country	West Midlands	49,511,303	53,918,189	4,406,886	8.90
Coventry and Warwickshire	West Midlands	34,128,247	37,212,976	3,084,729	9.04
Wiltshire and Swindon	South West	24,629,000	26,964,435	2,335,435	9.48
Shropshire	West Midlands	20,910,762	22,911,860	2,001,098	9.57
Somerset	South West	28,585,480	31,328,688	2,743,208	9.60
South Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	50,961,859	55,910,624	4,948,765	9.71
Essex	East of England	69,871,857	76,693,961	6,822,104	9.76
Birmingham and Solihull	West Midlands	64,710,412	71,256,201	6,545,789	10.12
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	27,099,782	29,852,000	2,752,218	10.16
Bedfordshire and Luton	East of England	23,081,000	25,431,000	2,350,000	10.18
Cumbria	North West	14,037,453	15,469,417	1,431,964	10.20
Cheshire and Warrington	North West	35,508,800	39,131,079	3,622,279	10.20
Staffordshire	West Midlands	40,115,108	44,282,477	4,167,369	10.39
County Durham	North East	16,279,252	17,973,450	1,694,198	10.41
Lincolnshire and Rutland	East Midlands	19,287,552	21,341,237	2,053,685	10.65
Greater Manchester	North West	151,547,000	167,886,674	16,339,674	10.78
Gloucestershire	South West	21,121,473	23,413,352	2,291,879	10.85
London South	London	65,809,153	73,407,987	7,598,834	11.55
Leicestershire	East Midlands	35,954,804	40,124,809	4,170,00	11.60
Milton Keynes. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire	South East	34,065,272	38,030,891	3,965,619	11.64
Tees Valley	North East	50,361,276	56,303,066	5,941,790	11.80
Nottinghamshire	East Midlands	40,560,418	45,353,801	4,793,383	11.82
Humberside	Yorkshire and Humberside	50,383,173	56,528,970	6,145,797	12.20
West Yorkshire	Yorkshire and Humberside	76,342,462	85,665,482	9,323,020	12.21
Lancashire	North West	77,185,872	86,726,000	9,540,128	12.36
Tyne and Wear	North East	48,098,648	54,122,464	6,023,816	12.52
London East	London	83,536,737	94,260,009	10,723,272	12.84
Hertfordshire	East of England	29, 927,000	33,769,515	3, 842,515	12.84
West of England	South West	37,375,423	42,248,021	4,872,598	13.04
Greater Merseyside	North West	62,769,780	71,173,871	8,404,091	13.39
London Central	London	60,281,227	68,615,179	8,333,952	13.83
Derbyshire	East Midlands	26,968,993	30,864,603	3,895,610	14.44
Surrey	South East	55,096,612	63,251,852	8,155,240	14.80
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	South West	17,584,069	20,226,960	2,642,891	15.03
London West	London	49,624,216	57,426,107	7,801,891	15.72
Devon and Cornwall	South West	61,558,736	71,420,289	9,861,553	16.02
Sussex	South East	64,940,000	75,669,591	10,729,591	16.52
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	South East	116,079,531	136,064,913	19,985,382	17.22
London North	London	46,370,518	54,400,121	8,029,603	17.32
Cambridgeshire	East of England	29,206,758	34,265,301	5,058,543	17.32
Berkshire	South East	21,102, 970	24,758,140	3,655,170	17.32
Norfolk	East of England	27,796,306	32,724,879	4,928,573	17.73
Northamptonshire	East Midlands	19,252,000	23,314,158	4,062,158	21.10
Kent and Medway	South East	43,698,000	55,240,992	11,542,992	26.42
Suffolk	East of England	15,124,859	19,991,757	4,866,898	32.18

Regional level
Region	2003/0416–18 allocation	2004/0616–18 allocation	2003/04–2004/05 16–18 cash variance	2003/04–2004/05 16–18 % variance
West Midlands	239,539,907	262,386,913	22,847,006	9.54
Yorkshire and Humberside	204,787,276	227,957,076	23,169,800	11.31
North West	341,048,905	380,387,041	39,338,136	11.53
North East	118,888,310	132,745,465	13,857,155	11.66
South West	190,854,181	215,601,745	24,747,564	12.97
East Midlands	142,023,767	160,998,608	18,974,841	13.36
London	305,621,851	348,109,403	42,487,552	13.90
East of England	195,007,780	222,876,413	27,868,633	14.29
South East	334,982,385	393,016,379	58,033,994	17.32
	2,072,754,362	2,344,079,043	271,324,681	13.09

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20290; 439 c802-4W;439 c802-4W

Session

2005-06

Related items

Deposited Paper HINF 2005/1903
Friday, 11 November 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Subjects

Finance Further education Learning and Skills Council for England Young people

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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