§ Sir John FarrTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the budget allocation per unit for local management of schools in(a) Wigston, (b) South Wigston and (c) Oadby; what is the average budget allocation per unit for schools in the city of Leicester; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonThe information requested is not available for Leicestershire as the authority did not operate a scheme for the local management of its schools in the 1990–91 financial year. We do not yet have a copy of the authority's budget statement for 1991–92; it is under a duty to publish that statement by 31 March.
§ Sir John FarrTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the proportion of children at schools in Oadby, Wigston and South Wigston that come from out of the catchment area; and what consideration he has given to the implications of this on LMS funding to these schools.
§ Mr. FallonThe Department has no information on the sources of pupils attending schools in these districts. Under local management of schools, pupils of the same age are funded on the same basis irrespective of their source. If they come from a neighbouring authority, that authority will pay a recoupment charge to the providing authority.