§ Mr. Armstrongasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names of the direct grant schools in the Northern Region, the numbers on roll and the amount of public money paid to each school during the last educational year, with an estimate of the increased annual grants payable to each school under the new arrangements announced on Friday, 5th November.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe table below shows, in respect of each school, the numbers on roll, the grants payable by the Department of Education and Science in respect of 1970–71 and the capitation and sixth form grants which would have been payable under the new rates. Estimates of the remitted fees grant payable to individual schools under the new arrangements cannot be made: the total for the region is estimated to be £140,000. The only other source of public money is the fees payable by local authorities, no detailed estimate of which is available for 1970–71.
Following is the Table: