To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allocations will be made to local education authorities to support the activities of the Workers Educational Association under the education support grant programme for 1990–91; and if he will make a statement.
My Department is today writing to local education authorities in England to inform them of the level of expenditure which I have approved for the WEA activity in the education support grants (ESG) programme for 1990–91. The information is shown in the table.A total of 102 authorities have submitted bids for this ESG, out of a total of 107 that were invited to do so. This is a most encouraging result, which demonstrates the support of the local education authorities for the Workers Educational Association. It confirms the willingness of statutory and voluntary providers to work in partnership to assist the better overall planning of adult education locally.
| Local education authorities | Expenditure (£) |
| Barking | 690 |
| Barnet | 9,445 |
| Bexley | 6,920 |
| Brent | 1,125 |
| Bromley | 6,920 |
| Croydon | 1,210 |
| Ealing | 1,820 |
| Enfield | 1,905 |
| Haringey | 695 |
| Harrow | 7,555 |
| Havering | 810 |
| Hillingdon | 3,645 |
| Hounslow | 1,125 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 1,905 |
| Merton | 1,210 |
| Newham | 1,125 |
| Redbridge | 2,020 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 3,035 |
| Sutton | 1,125 |
| Waltham Forest | 605 |
| Camden | 17,810 |
| Greenwich | 430 |
| Hackney | 1,735 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 430 |
| Islington | 430 |
| Lambeth | 650 |
| Lewisham | 430 |
| Southwark | 1,515 |
| Tower Hamlets | 865 |
| Birmingham | 9,415 |
| Coventry | 15,695 |
| Dudley | 3,135 |
| Sandwell | 3,135 |
| Walsall | 6,280 |
| Wolverhampton | 5,480 |
| Knowsley | 3,255 |
| Liverpool | 29,340 |
| St. Helens | 3,255 |
| Sefton | 4,070 |
| Wirral | 7,330 |
| Bolton | 9,375 |
| Bury | 1,485 |
| Manchester | 12,550 |
| Oldham | 3,720 |
| Rochdale | 3,500 |
| Salford | 3,060 |
| Stockport | 7,470 |
| Tameside | 3,000 |
| Trafford | 9,625 |
| Wigan | 2,922 |
| Barnsley | 4,450 |
| Doncaster | 3,505 |
| Rotherham | 9,680 |
| Sheffield | 18,455 |
| Bradford | 6,505 |
| Calderdale | 2,395 |
| Kirklees | 3,990 |
| Leeds | 16,500 |
| Wakefield | 4,070 |
| Gateshead | 3,290 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 9,870 |
| North Tyneside | 3,375 |
| South Tyneside | 2,665 |
| Sunderland | 10,615 |
| Avon | 24,345 |
| Bedfordshire | 5,305 |
| Berkshire | 20,025 |
| Buckinghamshire | 21,455 |
| Cambridgeshire | 11,375 |
| Cheshire | 23,405 |
| Cleveland | 11,630 |
| Cornwall | 17,355 |
| Cumbria | 23,925 |
| Derbyshire | 27,753 |
| Devon | 40,500 |
| Dorset | 12,340 |
| Durham | 16,445 |
| Local education authorities | Expenditure (£) |
| East Sussex | 10,835 |
| Essex | 26,980 |
| Gloucestershire | 11,830 |
| Hampshire | 31,000 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 12,555 |
| Hertfordshire | 16,760 |
| Humberside | 18,125 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,075 |
| Kent | 24,500 |
| Lancashire | 21,320 |
| Leicestershire | 19,840 |
| Lincolnshire | 18,845 |
| Norfolk | 10,615 |
| North Yorkshire | 27,580 |
| Northamptonshire | 6,065 |
| Northumberland | 6,545 |
| Nottinghamshire | 40,215 |
| Oxfordshire | 30,040 |
| Somerset | 7,610 |
| Staffordshire | 13,340 |
| Suffolk | 12,890 |
| Surrey | 6,340 |
| Warwickshire | 5,180 |
| West Sussex | 18,665 |
| Wiltshire | 19,720 |