§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in his plans to curb public expenditure, he will cut back the Inner London Education Authority's future rate of spending per pupil from one-and-a-half times the national average rate to the average rate.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleIt is for each local authority to determine the level of its expenditure in the light of its local needs and circumstances. However, the Government's proposed new block grant arrangements will provide a disincentive to expenditure significantly in excess of the level deemed to be required for an authority to provide a level of service comparable with that of other authorities.
The future arrangements for the financing of education in Inner London are among the matters being considered in the course of the Government's current examination of the Inner London education service.