§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if, pursuant to his answer of 7 November to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside, he will make a statement on the year-on-year cost of the operation and administration of local management of schools in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsIt is for LEAs to assess the cost associated with the preparation and introduction of schemes for financial delegation to schools. These assessments form the basis for their bids to the Department of specific grant support.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 7 November to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside, if he will state(a) the exact figure for specific grant support for expenditure on local management of schools for the period 1989–90 to 1991–92, (b) the planned cash figure for specific grant support for expenditure on local management of schools for (i) 1989–90, (ii) 1990–91 and (iii) 1991–92 and (c) in separate columns for 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 and for the total specific grant support for expenditure on local management of schools for (1) the introduction of local management, (2) the training of governors and (3) local education authority inspection.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is shown in the table:
£ million 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Total Introduction of local management 1.0 1.652 1.652 4.304 Training of Governors 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 LEA inspection 0.16 0.4 0.56 1.12 Total 1.56 2.452 2.612 6.624