asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the guidelines supplied to shire county education authorities on applying for capital grants in the financial year 1987–88.

My right hon. Friend does not make capital grants to local education authorities. The Department's letter of 30 June 1986, a copy of which I have placed in the Library of the House, invites all local education authorities to submit information about their capital expenditure plans for 1987–88 as a basis for the formulation of expenditure allocations for that year, and gives guidance about the form in which that information should be supplied.