§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what analyses are available to his Department of expenditure on (a) education support grants, (b) technical and vocational education initiative and (c) in-service training, INSET; if he will publish an analysis of expenditure on each such programme in each of the last three years showing (a) the amount of grant given for new projects, (b) the proportion of total expenditure on such projects calculated to be provided by the grant, (c) the amount of grant given for continuation of existing projects, (d) the proportion of total expenditure on existing projects in that year calculated to be provided by the grant, (e) the total outturn expenditure on all grant-related projects, including expenditure from other sources and (f) the overall proportion of such outturn expenditure provided by the grant; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldI shall reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate what amount and proportion of departmental spending in 1987–88 to support in-service training of teachers related to the general certificate of secondary education is likely to be consumed by additional spending on supply teachers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldLocal education authorities plan to spend £16.7 million on training for the GCSE in 1987–88. It is not possible to estimate how much of this is attributable to the provision of supply teachers as this depends on the arrangements made by individual authorities to suit local needs and circumstances.