§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if it is mandatory for local education authorities to reduce their holdback of 10 per cent. of general school budgets to 7 per cent. over the next three years;
(2) whether the 7 per cent. figure of centrally held budget by local education authorities over the next three years is a target figure.
§ Mrs. RumboldWithin three years of the introduction of their scheme, LEAs must review the scope of the items they have held back from delegation. In that review we expects LEAs to aim for a target of reducing the total cost of most of the items held back to 7 per cent. of their general schools budget.