HC Deb 29 January 2004 vol 417 cc524-5W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the formula spending share figure for Cambridgeshire for 2004–05 takes account of the requirement for Cambridgeshire to spend £4.5 million more on schools set out in the direction notice from his Department to Cambridgeshire county council. [151584]

Mr. Miliband

The direction notice sent to Cambridgeshire county council asks the authority to increase its Schools Budget to a level consistent with full passporting. Full passporting means increasing the 2003–04 Schools Budget by the increase in the Schools Formula Spending Share from 2003–04 to 2004–05. Therefore the direction notice is based on the Schools Formula Spending Share figure for Cambridgeshire.