§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education when he will inform local education authorities of their prospective funding loss arising from charged school inspection arrangements.
§ Mr. FormanThe Government are considering the expenditure needs of local education authorities next year and are currently taking the views of the local authority associations on the range of factors bearing on local education authorities' spending, including the new arrangements for school inspection. Details of the local authority finance settlement for 1993–94, including education's share of total standard spending and individual authorities' standard spending assessments, will be announced in the autumn.