§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to meet all the proposals put forward by local education authorities for grants under section II of the Local Government Act 1966.
§ Mrs. RumboldNot all proposals met the new criteria for grants. Those proposals which were eligible for grant exceeded in total the resources available. It will be for the local education authorities concerned to decide which of their eligible proposals should be funded within the total grant allocated to each of them for education purposes.
§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reason for the delay in reporting back to local education authorities on the size of grants for 1992 onwards under the new rules for grants under section II of the Local Government Act 1966.
§ Mrs. RumboldSome 2,100 applications for project funding were received which was in excess of expectations. All applications had to be carefully scrutinised to see if they met the new criteria for funding. Decisions were notified to all applicants on 18 December.