To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what grants have been made to the National Association of Governors and Managers and for what purposes in the last two years.
The Department contributed £8,000 per annum in 1988–89 and 1989–90 towards the cost of improving the association's administration; up to £40,000 is available in the current year in support of longer term restructuring to enable it to become an effective national organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of governors of local authority maintained schools there are in England; and if he will give the membership of the National Association of Governors and Managers.
There are an estimated 300,000 governors in local education authority maintained schools. Approximately 3,000 individuals and 480 governing bodies are members of the National Association of Governors and Managers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what meetings have been held in recent months between Ministers and officials of his Department and representatives of the National Association of Governors and Managers; and who represented the National Association of Governors and Managers.
There have been no ministerial meetings with the National Association of Governors and Managers in recent months. Officials have met members of the association's national executive on a number of occasions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will indicate for Kent county council its ranking for the last 10 years in spending per pupil on school education as against other local education authorities.
The available information is shown in the table.
| Year | Number of LEAs for which information is available1 | Kent LEA rank2 | |
| Primary | Secondary | ||
| 1979–80 | 96 | 84 | 61 |
| 1980–81 | 96 | 94 | 81 |
| 1981–82 | 96 | 94 | 79 |
| 1982–83 | 96 | 91 | 78 |
| 1983–84 | 96 | 95 | 84 |
| 1984–85 | 96 | 94 | 91 |
| 1985–86 | 96 | 95 | 96 |
| 1986–87 | 94 | 93 | 93 |
| 1987–88 | 97 | 387 | 86 |
| 1988–89 | 93 | 393 | 91 |
Notes to table:
1 The rankings relate to authorities in England for which data is available, and are based on authorities' expenditure and pupil number returns to the relevant Government Departments. 1988–89 is the latest year for which data is available.
2 The rankings relate to net institutional spending in primary schools and secondary schools, including the cost of salaries and wages, premises, and certain supplies and services. The cost of school meals, central administration and the financing of capital expenditure is not included. The highest spending authority is ranked as 1.
3 From 1987–88, separate information is not available for nursery and primary schools, and the rankings relate to spending in all such schools.