HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc691-2W
20. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on education spending in Cheshire. [3889]

Mr. Robin Squire

Education spending in Cheshire is a matter for Cheshire local education authority. Cheshire's provisional education SSA for 1996–97 is £349.051 million—an increase of £17.024 million or 5.1 per cent., which is above the national average.