§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the financing of school inspections; what amount will be lost to each education authority's inspection and advisory services; and whether each education authority will receive a rebate if the actual cost of inspections is less than the estimate made at the start of the financial year.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe responsibility for school inspections rests with the office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales. Resources have been transferred from local to central Government for this purpose at the all-Wales level and in consultation with the Assembly of Welsh Counties. They amount to £0.933 million, £3.283 million and £4.651 in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 respectively. The overall transfer sum remains appropriate and there is no question of it being revisited.