Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities are in the lowest decile measured by their percentage change in education SSA since 1997; and what the change was in each case. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities are in the lowest decile measured by their percentage change in education SSA since 1997; and what the change was in each case. [71815] Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the fifteen authorities which have had the lowest percentage increase in education SSA between 1997-98 and 2002-03. The table does not include the new unitary authorities which have been created since 1997. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local Education Authority Percentage increase since 1997-98 % City of London 19.41 Middlesbrough 22.63 Isles of Scilly 24.28 Leicester 24.58 Sunderland 25.66 Liverpool 25.66 Knowsley 25.86 Wandsworth 25.88 Redcar and Cleveland 26.25 Newcastle upon Tyne 27.12 Gateshead 27.47 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 27.54 Salford 27.84 Manchester 28.05 Bradford 28.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 389 c1368W;389 c1366W; 71815
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Finance Education Local education authorities Standard spending assessments
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk