§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average amount of external funding per pupil in grant-maintained schools for the current year; and what is the comparable figure for the last complete year before the same schools acquired grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. EggarMost recurrent funding for grant-maintained schools is paid through annual maintenance grant, the majority of which is a sum which seeks to replicate the amount which would have been allocated to the school had it remained under the control of the local education authority. Also within annual maintenance grant is a sum in lieu of central services previously provided by the authority which in the current financial year averaged an additional 16 per cent. The central services element of annual maintenance grant will be standardised at that rate in 1991–92.
§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many(a) primary and (b) secondary schools have (i) applied for and (ii) achieved grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. EggarThe number of primary and secondary schools which have become grant-maintained or are proceeding through the GM process is as follows:
and monitoring the results. These are recorded in the central unit on purchasing annual targets and savings return.