§ Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures he proposes to ensure that those education authorities with a falling population, mainly large urban areas, will reduce their teaching staff proportionately in the coming financial year, as demanded by his Department's Circular 10/75 on 799W Local Authority Expenditure in 1976–77—Forward Planning.
§ Mr. MulleyThe Government expect all local authorities to take careful heed of the provisional advice on this and other topics offered in the circular, and of the more detailed advice we intend to offer when the rate support grant settlement for 1976–77 has been negotiated and subsequently approved by Parliament.