HC Deb 21 January 1977 vol 924 cc370-1W
Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the Official Report a comparison of administrative costs for education in each county of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Gordon Oakes

Estimates of expenditure on administration by each local education authority in England and Wales for the financial year 1976–77 are set out 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.

Responsibility for education in Scotland and Northern Ireland rests with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.

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