HL Deb 07 February 1980 vol 404 cc1587-8WA
Baroness DAVID

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will give full details of the amount of money provided by them in the 1980–81 Rate Support Grant Settlement under the following expenditure heads:

  1. (1) Non-advanced further education;
  2. (2) Advanced further education;
  3. (3) Adult education;
  4. (4) Pre-school education;
  5. (5) Primary education;
  6. (6) Secondary education;
and how this compares under each of the above expenditure heads with each of the years 1979–80, 1978–79, 1977–78, 1976–77 and 1975–76.

The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Lord Bellwin)

Rate Support Grant is paid in aid of local authority expenditure generally and is not earmarked for any particular service.