HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 c694W
34. Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in Nottinghamshire will not face budget reductions in 1996. [3905]

Mrs. Gillan

The budgets of Nottinghamshire schools are set by the county council. The Government have made an extra £18 million available to the authority through the education standard spending assessment. It is up to the authority to make effective use of this additional resource.