HC Deb 19 October 1994 vol 248 cc249-50W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will make a statement on the advice given to(a) schools proposing to switch to grant-maintained status and (b) their local education authorities in relation to the clearing of current year deficit in the final year under local authority administration;

(2) when he expects to refund to South Glamorgan county council the run-off deficit of Mary Immaculate high school, as at the date of its transfer to grant-maintained status on 31 March.

Mr. Redwood

The deficit which had been accumulated by Mary Immaculate high school over a period of years and while it was under the control of South Glamorgan local education authority will be paid off in its first year as a grant-maintained school without additional funding from the Welsh Office.

It has been made clear that, under the Education (Grant-Maintained Schools) (Finance) (Wales)

Recorded imports of live animals into the United Kingdom since 1985
Adult cattle Calves Sheep & lambs Pigs Other livestock Poultry (,000)
1985 218,696 2,625 90,808 60,156 6,739 2,809.5
1986 231,867 429 64,591 64,844 8,150 4,446.8
1987 151,473 109 88,168 59,710 12,139 3,778.5
1988 178,051 510 67,677 45,445 11,921 2,526.2
1989 122,947 653 102,923 56,982 11,403 2,459.8
1990 124,337 355 119,217 52,581 10,584 3,224.6
1991 89,488 98,032 76.286 8,280 3,439.6

Regulations 1994, any deficit incurred by schools while under local education authorities control will be taken into account in calculating their annual maintenance grant for their first year as a grant-maintained school.

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