asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what financial incentives he has offered local education authorities to assist them in opening up school educational facilities to a wider range of students;(2) what financial assistance he has offered local education authorities attempting to extend the community use of schools.

It is for local education authorities to consider what resources, within the total available to them, can be allocated for this purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures indicating what funds are presently committed to initiatives helping schools to broaden their (a) curricula and (b) facilities to make them more generally accessible to their local communities.

These are matters for LEAs themselves to take a view upon in the light of the resources available to them. My right hon. Friend is not therefore in a position to publish figures showing the level of funds committed.