§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local education authorities in England who in(a) 1992–93 and (b) 1993–94 have spent or are expected to spend less than their allocated standard spending assessment for education in each of those years, together with the respective figures for each year, the totals of all such spending assessments for that authority, the standard spending assessment figure in respect of interest on capital expenditure approved by Her Majesty's Government, the amount paid or expected to be paid and the contribution to any consequential deficit that must be made, pro rata, by transfer from the respective standard assessments for educational expenditure made by Her Majesty's Government for the relevant years.
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§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 14 January 1994]: The information requested has been placed in the Library. It is for each local authority to determine its spending priorities between services in the light of local circumstances.