Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is his intention to issue a consultative document of proposals for the introduction of an education block grant.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe Green Paper, "Alternatives to Domestic Rates", mentioned a block grant for education 353W as one of several possible changes in financing the local authority education service. Papers on the subject were subsequently prepared at the request of the local authority associations for a meeting of the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance, and copies have been placed in the Library.