§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the Official Report a table 242W showing for a recent year the 10 highest total sums spent by individually named local education authorities in respect of pupils' fees to independent schools, direct grant schools, approved schools and similar institutions, respectively, together with the totals for the remaining local education authorities in England and Wales, together with the various totals.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonInformation is not available in the form requested. Some details of expenditure by individual LEAs on fees for pupils attending direct grant and independent schools are contained in "Education Estimates Statistics 1976–77" published jointly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Society of County Treasurers: copies are available in the Library.
Approved schools are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.