§ 19. Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on schools funding in East Sussex in 1997–98. [16072]
§ Mr. Robin SquireEast Susssex's 1997–98 education standard spending assessment is £151.4 million—an above average increase of some £7 million, or 4.8 per cent. It is up to the authority to ensure that the increase in spending power that we are providing reaches its schools.