§ Ms. JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many discretionary awards were made by the Inner London education authority in its last full year; and how many have been made by the successor local education authorities in inner London in 1992–93.
§ Mr. FormanIn the academic year 1989–90 there were 8,373 discretionary awards made by the ILEA. In 1990–91, the latest year for which data are available, the successor authorities—the London residuary body and the boroughs —made 6,375 discretionary awards.
§ Ms. JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many discretionary awards were made nationally in 1989 and 1992.
§ Mr. FormanIn 1990–91 academic year, the latest for which data are available, there were 157,000 discretionary awards in England and Wales—the same as in 1988–89.