§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to what extent the costs assumed for the area cost adjustment in school budgets differed from actual costs in the last year for which figures are available. [84765]
§ Mr. MealeIt is not possible to make the comparison requested. It is the difficulty of determining the actual cost which would be relevant to the area cost adjustment that gives rise to much of the disagreement about that adjustment.>