HC Deb 29 June 1993 vol 227 cc459-60W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the impact there has been of the removal of section 11 funded grants previously available in inner-city schools with significant proportions of ethnic minority background children.

Mr. Robin Squire

Section 11 funding continues to support existing projects in the 1993–94 financial year at the current grant rate of 75 per cent. Thereafter, on current planning assumptions, the grant will be available to support the same volume of posts, albeit at a reduced rate.