HC Deb 19 February 1998 vol 306 c799W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money released by the abolition of the assisted places scheme will be used to reduce class sizes in infant schools in the next school year. [29803]

Mr. Hain

All the savings in 1998–99 from the abolition of the Assisted Places Scheme, which are expected to amount to £1.35 million, are to be used for the reduction of infant class sizes.