HC Deb 24 July 1987 vol 120 c638W
Mr. Clay

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will publish a table showing the amount spent by local authorities on (a) school transport and (b) school meals in the latest year for which figures are available; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 1978–79 in cash terms and real terms using 1986–87 prices and using an index of 100 for 1978–79.

Dr. Mawhinney

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1987]: Expenditure by the education and library boards for the years in question is as follows:

£
1985–86 Nil
1986–87 6,600

Grant is not paid in respect of heathland and moorland.