§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the LEAs who bid for money to reduce the size of classes at KS1 and had their bids(a) turned down and (b) reduced, indicating in each case the number of KS1 pupils in the authority's schools and the original amount of the bid. [33834]
§ Mr. ByersI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 4 March 1998,Official Report, column 677.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the size of the original bid by the Funding Agency for Schools to reduce KS 1 classes; and to what extent it was scaled down. [33833]
§ Mr. ByersOf the £22 million available to reduce infant class sizes in 1998–99, £680,000 was allocated to the Funding Agency for Schools pro rata on the basis of pupil numbers in GM primary schools. No specific bidding or applications process was involved.