§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the remit he has given to the interim advisory committee regarding the total cost of recommendations on school teachers' pay and allowances has been reflected in the education components of standard spending assessments for 1990–91; if he will make a statement on the distribution of the relevant provision between(a) London and south-east England, (b) all other regions of England and (c) Wales; what amount and proportion of relevant provision has been allocated to each of (a), (b) and (c) above; and what percentage increase this represents in each case.
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§ Mr. Alan HowarthEducation standard spending for England for 1990–91 allows in full for the remit given in September to the interim advisory committee, the English element of which was £563 million. Education standard spending, net of specific grants, is distributed between authorities on the basis of client numbers adjusted by factors which allow for local circumstances. These factors include an area cost adjustment which takes account of differential labour costs as between inner London, outer London, south-eastern counties and the rest of England. The area cost adjustment factors are set out in annex F of the Revenue Support Grant Distribution Report (England). The basis of the standard spending assessment in Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.