HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c147W
82. Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that children who have been in the care of several local authorities are not disbarred from access to discretionary local authority grants.

Mr. Jackson

This is a matter for individual local education authorities.

Secondary schools in England
Examination results: average over the academic years 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
Local education authorities Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1986–87 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5+ higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking
Barking 1,470 9.9 96
Barnet 1,510 41.0 1
Bexley 1,370 26.6 24