To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the percentage of local authorities' total expenditure spent on education for each county in Wales for the years (a) 1991–92, (b) 1992–93, (c) 1993–94, (d) 1994–95, (e) 1995–96 and (f) 1996–97, ranked in order from the highest percentage to the lowest.[10865]
The information requested is given in the following table:
| Percentage of local authority expenditure spent on education ranked1 | |
| Per cent. | |
| 1991–92 | |
| Powys | 47 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 47 |
| Clwyd | 47 |
| Gwent | 45 |
| Dyfed | 44 |
| West Glamorgan | 43 |
| South Glamorgan | 42 |
| Gwynedd | 41 |
| 1992–93 | |
| Clwyd | 47 |
| Powys | 46 |
| Gwent | 46 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 44 |
| West Glamorgan | 43 |
| Dyfed | 43 |
| Gwynedd | 41 |
| South Glamorgan | 40 |
| 1993–94 | |
| Gwent | 43 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 41 |
| Powys | 41 |
| Clwyd | 40 |
| West Glamorgan | 39 |
| Dyfed | 39 |
| South Glamorgan | 37 |
| Gwynedd | 36 |
| 1994–95 | |
| Gwent | 43 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 39 |
| Powys | 38 |
| West Glamorgan | 38 |
| Clywd | 38 |
| South Glamorgan | 38 |
| Dyfed | 37 |
| Gwynedd | 34 |
| 1995–96 | |
| South Glamorgan | 39 |
| Gwent | 39 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 38 |
| Powys | 37 |
| Clwyd | 36 |
Percentage of local authority expenditure spent on education ranked1
| |
Per cent.
| |
| West Glamorgan | 36 |
| Dyfed | 36 |
| Gwynedd | 33 |
1996–97
| |
| Pembrokeshire | 41 |
| Torfaen | 41 |
| Monmouthshire | 40 |
| Cardiff | 39 |
| Caerphilly | 39 |
| Bridgend | 39 |
| Flintshire | 38 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 38 |
| Powys | 38 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 38 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 38 |
| Carmarthenshire | 37 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 37 |
| Newport | 37 |
| Ceredigion | 37 |
| Swansea | 36 |
| Denbighshire | 36 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 36 |
| Conwy | 35 |
| Wrexham | 35 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 34 |
| Gwynedd | 33 |
1On 1 April 1995, police authorities became authorities in their own right. Prior to that date, police expenditure formed part of county council overall expenditure. For consistency across years, police expenditure has been excluded throughout. | |
Higher and further education colleges transferred out of the local authority sector on 1 April 1992 and 1 April 1993 respectively and this may affect patterns of expenditure before and after these dates. Up to 1995–96 includes county and district services to be consistent with 1996–97 unitary authority figures.