§ MR. YOXALLTo ask the President of the Board of Education whether, when allocating the special grant to local education authorities having a specially high rate he takes into consideration any reduction of the ordinary grants by the Board on account of inefficiency; and whether he reduces the special grant by an amount equal to that previously deducted from the ordinary grant in order to give full effect to the Board's fine for such inefficiency.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) In calculating the special grant it is the practice of the Board to take into consideration any deduction from the ordinary grants made under Article 30 of the Code. The desirability of giving full effect to the Board's action in regard to fines is recognised.