§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report details of the capitation allowances for the various local education authorities for the year 1982–83; and by how much, in percentage terms, they are less or more than those for the year 1981–82.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested about capitation allowances within individual local education authorities is not available. It is for local education authorities to decide how much money to make available to schools and colleges for expenditure on items such as books and equipment.