§ 66. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will reconsider the education element of the 1985–86 prescribed capital expenditure to Leicestershire.
§ Sir Keith JosephAs I informed Parliament on 10 January at column 526 in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mr. Fallon), I have retained a small reserve largely against the possibility of any local education authority being able to demonstrate that the reduction of the prescribed proportion of capital receipts will make it impossible to fulfil contractual or statutory obligations. It is open to Leicestershire to send me its case for assistance from this reserve.