HC Deb 13 May 1994 vol 243 cc258-9W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what loans or other special arrangements have been made for any grant-maintained school in deficit or with an expected deficit for the last financial year or the current financial year.

Mr. Robin Squire

In the last financial year loans were made to three grant-maintained schools in accordance with the Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Loans) Regulations 1993. On the basis of its monitoring, the Department is not aware of any grant-maintained school that had a cash deficit in 1993–94 or the previous financial year.