§ 25. Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will introduce legislation to confer upon schools in the maintained sector self-managing status along the lines of schools in the independent sector within a system of per capita assessment block grants.
§ Mr. DunnChapter 9 of the White Paper "Better Schools" conveys the Government's intention to legislate to increase financial delegation from LEAs to the governing bodies of maintained schools. Our proposals will increase the scope for cost-conscious and sound financial management in both schools and LEAs. But LEAs remain responsible for the disbursement of their resources as a whole.