§ Mr. Robert Cookeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total proposed reduction in payments to direct grant schools; and what will be the estimated reduction in payment to each of the direct grant schools in the city and county of Bristol in the next convenient year.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerThe total reduction in direct grant payable from the Exchequer to direct grant schools will amount to approximately £1.8 million in a full year. after allowing for an increase of about £0.2 million in respect of remitted fee grant because of probable fee increases. This represents an average net decrease in grant per pupil of £18 in a full year, but I cannot say how this change will affect the grant payable to individual schools.