§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the scope and objectives of his Department's circular 1/85 "Youth Service".
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§ Mr. DunnReplies from 76 local education authorities have so far been received. Steps are being taken to assemble the remaining responses and to obtain any further information necessary to a proper study of the matters raised in circular 1/85. I shall write further to my hon. Friend about this in due course.
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local education authorities have yet to respond to his Department's circular 1/85 "Youth Service".
§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps are being taken to ensure that all local education authorities respond to his Department's circular 1/85 "Youth Service".
TABLE 1 Allocations of local education authority prescribed expenditure Cash Constant* 1984–85 prices Bid†(£000's) Allocation (£000's) Bid† (£000's) Allocation (£000's) 1981–82 • 11,912 • 13,891 1982–83 • 8,428 • 9,184 1983–84 • 7,676 • 8,005 1984–85 15,277 10,691 15,277 10,691 1985–86 13,621 9,717 12,972 9,254 1986–87 17,485 9,313 15,935 8,488 Notes:
* Calculated using the GDP deflator.
† Cash bids were not required in the years marked •.
TABLE 2 Allocations for capital expenditure by governors of aided schools Cash Constant prices† Bid (£000's) Allocation† (£000's) Bid (£000's) Allocation (£000's) 1981–82* * * * * 1982–83 700 588 763 641 1983–84 ║431 431 449 449 1984–85 784 435 784 435 1985–86 699 239 666 228 1986–87 627 181 571 165 Notes:
* Allocations for 1981–82 were made on a different basis from those for later years and have therefore been excluded.
† The allocations shown are those announced before the start of the financial year in question and do not include later revisions.
‡ Calculated using the GDP deflator: constant 1984–85 prices.
║ Bid relates to new work only, but allocations include on-going projects.