§ 65. Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimate he has made of the additional costs likely to be incurred by raising the school-leaving age in 1972–73; and if additional funds will be made available in the preceding period to ensure that the burden does not fall upon other sectors of the education service.
§ Miss BaconI cannot yet give a figure for the capital expenditure, which will be authorised as an addition to 533W the normal school building programmes but I hope to make an announcement before long. The additional current expenditure of about £20 million a year, beginning in 1973–74, will be taken into account for rate support grant in due course.