§ 19. Mr. CranTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what variation there is between local education authorities in the proportion of education budgets delegated to schools under local management of schools.
§ 25. Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the proportion of the schools budget which local education authorities are holding back for central control.
§ Mr. FallonThe proportion of the potential schools budget delegated to schools varies from 89.10 per cent. in the LEA delegating the most, to 77.97 per cent. in the LEA delegating the least. This wide variation is unacceptable and we are determined that LEAs should delegate more. We have recently proposed that LEAs should delegate at least 85 per cent. of the potential schools budget by 1 April 1993.