§ Mr. Gerald Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has proposed a maximum precept for the Inner London education authority for the financial year 1986–87.
§ Sir Keith JosephI am today informing the Inner London interim education authority that I propose to prescribe a maximum precept for the ILEA for 1986–87 of 76.5p in the pound. This precept would be a reduction of about 1 per cent. on that levied by the existing ILEA for 1985–86. I have asked that the interim authority should inform me by 15 January 1986 of whether it accepts the proposed maximum precept.