§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) those local education authorities in England which are budgeting to spend more in 1999–2000 than provided for in their education standard spending assessment, and (b) which of these authorities are proposing a budget increase for education in 1999–2000 which is less than the increase in their education standard spending provision compared with 1998–99. [80499]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 13 April 1999]Authoritative information will not be available until June 1999 when local education authorities' returns in accordance with section 52 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 have been collated and checked.