§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how expenditure on discretionary awards for students is allowed for within the local authority grant mechanisms; what are the figures for 1991–92 and 1992–93; and if he will break these down by local education authority.
§ Mr. FormanIn determining education's share of the local authority finance settlement, the Government take account of the broad range of pressures on local education authorities, including the demand for discretionary awards. The total of education standard spending for 1992–93 is £18,786 million, but it is for individual local authorities to decide how to deploy the resources available on the different services for which they are responsible. The proportion of individual local education authorities' standard spending assessments which is attributable to discretionary awards is not separately identified.