HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c631W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to announce the education support grant guidelines for 1989–90.

Mrs. Rumbold

My right hon. Friend announced on 15 December 1988 the allocations to individual LEAs of expenditure to be supported through ESGs in 1989–90. My right hon. Friend yesterday met representatives of the local authority associations for preliminary discussions about the content and scale of the 1990–91 programme. He will be announcing shortly a list of proposed activities for support in 1990–91 in the light of yesterday's discussions.