§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is her Department's estimate of the total number of full-time equivalent teaching posts that are294W under threat from a reduction in section 11 funding; and how many, and from which authority, have been given redundancy notices.
§ Mr. Robin SquireSection 11 funding is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary. The number of teaching posts to he provided in 1995–96 will depend on detailed decisions by individual local authorities in the light of the outcome of their bids for single regeneration budget and section 11 support. The Department does not collect information about the particular arrangements made by individual authorities for the management of any changes in the number of these posts.