§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn,Official Report, 26 February, column 434, if he will place in the Library details of the evidence he has available of the past neglect by local education authorities of grant-maintained schools.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe capital allocations for grant-maintained schools were in response to deficiencies identified by GM schools in their existing buildings. The expenditure covers repair work in some cases and in other cases adaptation and new construction to allow for the implementation of the national curriculum.