§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount of grants being made by the State to direct grant grammar schools in England and Wales, the amount of grants per pupil, and comparative figures for pupils in maintained secondary schools.
§ Miss BaconExchequer grant to direct grant schools this year will be about £7.8 million or £78 per pupil which will cover 203W about 40 per cent. of the running expenditure of the schools, excluding expenditure on boarding. The balance is largely met by fees, which are paid by local education authorities for about 60 per cent. of the pupils.
Direct running costs of maintained secondary schools of all types are estimated at about £380 million or an average of £135 per pupil.