§ 17. Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make it her policy to ensure that education standard spending assessments are adjusted fully to take into account increases in pay and prices and demographic changes. [40056]
§ Mr. Robin SquireWhen determining the level of resourcing for education, the Government take into account the pressures on the education service, including projected trends in pupil numbers and inflation. But we also look at the scope which local authorities have for making efficiency savings and consider what the country can afford given the continuing need for restraint in public expenditure.