They can, of course, be done by the authority directly itself, if that is the case at this moment in time.

It is the schools and the teaching professionals who run them who know best where to spend the funds available. They are in the best place to decide priorities. Let's put our trust in these professionals.

I was told by a headmaster some years ago about the inflated costs he faced when having repairs done to his school—£500 to repair two holes the size of dinner plates in his schoolyard, which he could have had done professionally for £100. And £1,100 to replace a sliding window, which a father of a pupil, a professional carpenter, said he could have replaced at £90. Just two instances where the school budget is being wasted. These are moneys that should be going to educate pupils. If we have to accept that funds are finite, we should not be wasting those funds that are available.