Written question asked by Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 September 2003. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 8 September 2003 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, if he will list local authorities in which spending on (a) special educational needs and (b) excluded pupils increased by a higher percentage than the individual schools budget in 2003-04, giving in each case the perentage increase for each budget head.

Answer: Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list local authorities in which spending on (a) special educational needs and (b) excluded pupils increased by a higher percentage than the individual schools budget in 2003-04, giving in each case the percentage increase for each budget head. [127928] Alan Johnson: The Secretary of State published tables showing this information on the 2 May. A copy was placed in the Library of the House. Detailed expenditure data will be made available in September to allow benchmarking by LEAs and their Schools Forums, and this will show year-on-year changes for a range of selected expenditure categories from 2002-03 to 2003-04, for both Schools and LEA Budgets. These will include changes in spending on special educational needs and spending on pupils educated other than at school.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 127928; 410 c135W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Finance Expenditure Pupil exclusions Local education authorities Schools Special educational needs
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