HC Deb 16 March 1992 vol 205 cc841-2W
Mr. Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the GM-relevant costs less the expenditure on school meals in each of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex local education authorities.

Mr. Eggar

Using the definition of GM-relevant costs set out in the reply to my hon. Friend on 17 December 1991,Official Report, columns 114–16, the information, taken from the LEAs' section 42 budget statements for 1991–92, is as follows:

£
Norfolk 172,117,000
Suffolk 149,632,000
Essex 364,119,000

Note:

The GM-relevant costs constitute the total budget in respect of the LEA's maintained schools which corresponds to the total annual maintenance grant—AMG—of grant-maintained—GM—schools, is the general schools budget less expenditure on items for which provision is made outside the AMG of GM schools, those items being: central Government specific grants; capital expenditure; and expenditure on home to school transport, education welfare officers and psychologists, pupil support, statemented pupils and special units.