§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much of the underspend in grant-maintained schools in 1993–94 contained in class X, vote 1 of the appropriation accounts 1993–94 will be returned to local authorities to spend on schools.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe accounts report an underspend in provision voted for recurrent expenditure on grant-maintained schools in 1993–94 of £102.674 million. Of that underspend, £88.348 million was in annual maintenance grants and £14.326 million in other grants.
Expenditure by the Department on annual maintenance grants is recouped in full from local authorities. The reduction in the amount of grant required to be paid therefore resulted in a corresponding reduction in the amount required to be recouped. As a result, the underspend on annual maintenance grants remained within local authority budgets.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will break down the expenditure on grant-maintained schools, class X, vote 1 of the appropriation accounts 1993–94 to give the Department's contribution and the element of local government total standard spending involved.
§ Mr. Robin SquireTotal recurrent expenditure on grant-maintained schools in 1993–94 breaks down as follows:-
£ million Annual maintenance grants 1,011.652 Other grants 54.692 Total recurrent expenditure 1,066.344 Expenditure on annual maintenance grants was recouped from local authority budgets. Thus, the remaining £54.692 million represents the Department's net contribution.