§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from local authorities to the effect that the cost of 30 per cent. of a scheme of lunchtime supervision under the Education (Amendment) Bill will incur grant penalties or clawback.
§ Mr. Chris PattenMy right hon. Friend has received no such representations. In the answer my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Ealing, North (Mr. 319W Greenway) on 8 November 1985 at column 11, an undertaking was given that the Government would view sympathetically any applications for disregards for such expenditure for the purposes of calculating the hold-back of block grant in respect of 1985–86.