§ 25. Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has received any representations from local education authorities in England requesting supplementary information, following the publication of the recent report of Her Majesty's inspectors on the effects of changing patterns of expenditure on education services; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleI have received no such representations. I shall be consulting the local authority associations about further action on the report when we next meet to continue our discussions on educational expenditure.