Education announcements must be fully budgeted for
2nd July 2009
Anne Main challenges Secretary of State on funding for new proposals.
Following a statement on a new Education White Paper on Wednesday, Anne Main, MP for St Albans, challenged the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on whether funding was available for the proposals.
During the debate, Anne said:
"All these announcements come with a huge price tag. The last time encouraging more 16 to 18-year-olds to stay on in sixth form came with a price tag, it was not budgeted for, as I was told by the Secretary of State. Are all these innovations fully budgeted for?"
Secretary of State, Ed Balls responded:
"The point is that the hon. Lady is right. When it became clear in March that we had a shortfall in our budget for places for 16 to 18-year-olds, I found
