HC Deb 05 May 1975 vol 891 cc304-5W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the total of salaries paid to teaching staff in Bedfordshire; and what is the proportion defrayed by his Department;

(2) who pays for teaching staff engaged by a local authority in excess of a quota set after consultation with his Department.

Mr. Armstrong

In the financial year 1973–74, the latest year for which information is available, expenditure by Bedfordshire and by Luton County Borough Local Education Authorities on teaching staff—salaries, national insurance and superannuation—was £8.8 million and £5.6 million respectively. Expenditure on salaries of teachers, whether or not they are within the quota, forms part of relevant expenditure for the purposes of rate support grant, which is administered by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.