HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c148W
19. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on progress on the introduction of local financial management in schools.

Mrs. Rumbold

Eighty-four authorities have either received formal approval for their schemes or are being consulted on modifications prior to approval. We have indicated to five authorities that their schemes cannot be approved in their present form and that formal implementation will therefore be deferred until April 1991.