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Rural School Buses T HERE was a financial strain on education

29th January 1965, Page 34
29th January 1965
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

committees in large rural areas which provided school transport, said Mr. P. Bessell (Liberal, Bodmin) in the Commons last week, and he suggested that specific grants might be given for this purpose to supplement funds already available.

Mr. R E. Prentice, Minister of State, Education and Science, replied that the whole question of education expenditure would be considered as part of the Government's current review of local authority finance.

Sparsity of population was, however, one of the factors already allowed for in the calculation of the general grant.