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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, for each local education authority in England for 2000-01, the amount of standards fund grant (a) contribution received from central Government, (b) contributed by the local education authority, (c) devolved directly to schools and (d) spent centrally by the local education authority in total. [142488] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 13 December 2000]: Nationally, the DfEE is providing £1,741 million in grant for the Standards Fund this year, and local education authorities are contributing £604 million. At least 75 per cent. of all Standards Fund grants must be devolved to schools. Tables showing the contributions made by DfEE and local education authorities, on an individual local education authority level, split between revenue and capital grants, have been placed in House of Commons Library. Figures on the precise level of Standards Fund grant which individual local education authorities have devolved to schools, and have held centrally, are not available. The LEA comparative table of budgeted expenditure, published on 29 June, shows each local education authority's level of delegated funding, including devolved Standards Fund grant. A copy of the table has been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

360 c25-6W; 142488

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Education Grants Government assistance Local education authorities Standards Fund

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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