§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what additional support he intends to allocate to Devon county council and schools in Braunton to cope with the funding implications of the Government's announcement that it proposes to run RAF Chivenor down to a care maintenance regime.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Government set the framework for the distribution of resources through the standard spending assessment (SSA) system in a way which takes account of the number of pupils for whom local authorities are financially responsible. Allowing for local authority changes of function, the underlying increase in Devon's provisional education SSA for 1994–95 is 3.3 per cent. —a higher than average increase. Devon county council is responsible for determining its spending priorities and for allocating resources to schools through its scheme of local management. It will be free to take account of changes at RAF Chivenor.