§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to which local education authorities have reorganised their schools within the past five years and which have instituted different age ranges in schools in different parts of the authority.
§ Mr. DunnFull information on any changes in age range could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, but the list shows those local education authorities in whose areas major secondary reorganisations have been approved within the past five years.
LEAs for which major secondary reorganisations have been approved since 1981. Croydon Cheshire Harrow Cleveland Waltham Forest Cumbria ILEA Durham Birmingham East Sussex Dudley Essex Knowsley Gloucestershire Liverpool Hampshire Wirral Hereford and Worcester Bolton Humberside Manchester Lancashire Calderdale Lincolnshire Kirklees North Yorkshire Wakefield Staffordshire Gateshead Wiltshire Avon
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy, when approving school reorganisations for the purpose of accommodating falling school rolls, to make available extra resources to deal with any problems arising from the transition from the existing organisation to the new one; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DunnPriority is given in determining authorities' allocations of prescribed capital expenditure to projects resulting from approved statutory proposals. Budgeting for current expenditure is a matter for the individual authority.