§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department has made any assessment of the likely administrative costs for individual local education authorities arising out of schools achieving grant-maintained status; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarLEAs should be able to make savings on administration where schools become grant-maintained. The overall effect on the expenditure of the authority will depend on the extent to which they make such savings.