§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much Government expenditure will be created by each of the following provisions in the new regulations concerning the assisted places scheme, namely (a) allowing the first £25,000 of retirement or redundancy pay to be ignored for the purposes of calculations and (b) not now taking the separated spouse's incomes into account in the calculations.
§ Mr. DunnThe costs are expected to be negligible. The first change provides an administratively simpler alternative to the present arrangements for current year
336WInformation) Regulations 1981 require LEA's to specify their policies and arrangements for school meals, including those provided free, in the general information they must give to parents.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures for 1981–82 and 1982–83 and estimates for 1983–84 showing the revenue raised from school meal charges, the subsidy on paid school meals and the expenditure on free meals at (a) outturn prices and (b) in index form with 1974–75 equal to 100.
§ Mr. DunnThe information requested is as follows:
income assessment in cases of hardship; the second relates only to those children whose parents are separated by simple deed, bringing them into line with those whose