Direct-Grant Schools

HC Deb 24 November 1970 vol 807 c80W

Mr. Armstrong

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amounts paid by Central Government and local education authorities to direct-grant schools in each year since 1960.

Mr. van Straubenzee

Separate figures for direct-grant schools in England and Wales are not readily available. The figures for schools in England and Wales are as follows:

	Amounts paid to direct grant grammar schools by
Financial Year	Department of Education and Science	Local Education Authorities
	£ million	£ million
1960–61	5.1	3.6
1961–62	5.4	3.8
1962–63	6.0	4.3
1963–64	6.5	4.8
1964–65	6.7	5.0
1965–66	7.4	5.5
1966–67	7.6	5.9
1967–68	7.7	6.4
1968–69	7.0	7.8

Complete figures for the financial year 1969–70 are not yet available.