§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he proposes to make any changes to the 1986–87 cash limit for rate support grants to local authorities in England in respect of education pooling.
§ Mr. RidleyMy right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Education and Science announced in December 1985 the revised contributions of local authorities to the education pools for 1985–86. The Inner London education authority's contribution was reduced by £31.5 million. The sum has now been refunded to ILEA; the balancing amounts will be recovered from other education authorities early in 1987–88.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the 1986–87 cash limit for class X vote 6 will therefore be increased by £31,500,000 from £9,246,000,000 to £9,277,500,000. Expenditure on this Vote is not classified as public expenditure and so there are no implications for the Reserve.