HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 cc509-10W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what element of the grant to grant-maintained schools has been identified for teachers' pay in the 1994–95 annual settlement.

Mr. Robin Squire

There is no annual settlement covering annual maintenance grants for grant-maintained schools. In 1994–95 these will be based on the funding available to local authority schools, either by reference to the provisions of the relevant scheme for the local management of schools or by means of the common funding formula. The local authority finance settlement takes account of the broad range of pressures on local education authorities, including pay settlements and price inflation, as well as the scope for savings.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the allowance made for teachers' pay in the 1994–95 grant-maintained schools' annual settlement.

Mr. Robin Squire

Grant-maintained schools receive an annual maintenance grant which they may spend according to their own view of priorities. It contains no specifically identified element for teacher salaries.