§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Minister of Education whether he will consider revising the grant regulations in such a way as to ensure that the amount paid by his 1560W Ministry in respect of teachers' salaries shall not be less than 15 per cent. higher than the general rate of grant obtaining for the area of each local education authority; and whether he is aware that the Bournemouth education authority will, under the grant regulations proposed, receive less than 34 per cent. of its approved net expenditure on education.
§ Mr. ButlerThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative. As I explained to representatives of the Association of Education Committees who advanced this proposal the effect of its adoption would be generally inconsistent with the maintenance of the principle of local financial responsibility. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the affirmative.