asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration he has given to the implications for staff and students of the ending of specific educational support grants.

One of the aims of the education support grant programme is to secure a limited redeployment of resources within the education service. It will be for local education authorities to decide whether to continue funding particular activities once grant support has ceased and, if so, in what form, taking into account as appropriate the effects on staff and students of their decisions.