§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to allocate threshold payments to a school where a deficit budget exists. [110999]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 21 February 2000]: The Special Grant will target resources for the performance threshold additional to and separate from schools' delegated budgets. Schools will be able to draw additional funds from this grant via their local education authority for each teacher promoted to the upper pay spine. Such payments will not be affected if a school has set a deficit budget.