§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo 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 SquireIn 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.