§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, further to the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Dartford (Mr. Dunn), on 2 February, Official Report, columns 788–92, he will make a statement on the accuracy and completeness of the information given to his Department by Lancashire county council in respect of its application for education capital allocation for 1987–88.
§ Mr. DunnLancashire's prescribed capital expenditure allocation for 1987–88 was made on the basis of information about its expenditure plans for that year. The information was supplied by the authority in the form requested by the Department. The authority itself is responsible for deciding the policies which determine the nature of its expenditure plans.