§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date in 1989 he published the amount of the training grants available for each local education authority; when he expects to publish the figures applicable to the financial year 1990–91; and what advice he has given to these authorities in respect of determination of their education budgets and related revenue decisions.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthIndicative maximum amounts of expenditure which my right hon. Friend had it in mind to support in each priority area in each local education authority (LEA) under the LEA training grants scheme in 1990–91 were first set out in a circular issued on 18 August 1989. Final allocations were notified in letters to each LEA sent on 15 December 1989. The financial arrangements governing the training grants scheme for 1990–91 were explained in the August 1989 circular.