asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the total amounts spent on all services by each local education authority in England and Wales in the years 1974–75, 1977–78 and 1978–79.

I shall arrange for figures on the expenditure outturn in 1974–75 and 1977–78 to be published in the Official Report. Figures on the expenditure outturn in 1978–79 will not become available until later this year.