HC Deb 22 May 1986 vol 98 c278W
Mr. Madel

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to make available the report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate on the effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in 1985.

Mr. Chris Patten

The HMI report on the observed effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in the autumn of 1985 was published yesterday. Copies have been placed in the Vote Office and my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, North-East (Sir K. Joseph) wrote to all hon. Members for English constituencies. This is the sixth report to be published since this Government decided that HMI's findings should be made generally available and, like its predecessors, it should be essential reading for all concerned with the provision of education.