§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 23 February, Official Report, column 39–40 concerning the reports of the expenditure steering group (education), he will review whether publication of these reports would assist local education authorities; what considerations have been material to these reports not being published; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe reports of the expenditure steering group for education, like those of the steering groups for other local services, are prepared by officers representing Government Departments and the local authorities, under the direction of the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance to which the reports are sent. It is for the representatives of the local authority associations on the council to decide how widely these reports should be circulated among their members.