§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether local education authorities have made representations to him as to the likely effect of cost savings recently announced on the total number of teachers.
§ Mr. DunnMy right hon. Friends will be discussing local authority expenditure in 1984–85 with representatives of the local authority associations today at the consultative council for local government finance. The Government have not yet made decisions about their plans for 1984–85.