§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much extra money would be available in the current year to each secondary school in Kendal, Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen, Windermere, Milnthorpe, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cartmel and Coniston, in Cumbria, if the local education authority delegated 85 per cent. of its potential schools budget to the nine schools.
§ Mr. FallonAs stated in my reply to my right hon. Friend on 20 December 1990 at col.274, Cumbria is delegating 82.53 per cent. of its potential schools budget in this financial year. If the LEA were to delegate more services to meet the proposed new requirement of 85 per cent., the actual distribution to schools of the additional resources would depend on which services were delegated and how the expenditure on each service was allocated between the primary and secondary sectors. If Cumbria were to allocate these resources pro rata to the existing budget distribution between primary and secondary schools, a secondary school would receive on average an extra £34,000.