To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice the Government have given to governors of grant-maintained schools regarding support for, and integration of, children with special educational needs.

Such advice is contained in "Guide to the Law for Grant-Maintained School Governors" issued in September 1989, in DES circular 10/88 "Education Reform Act 1988: Grant-Maintained Schools" and in DES circular 21/89 "Grant-Maintained Schools: Financial Arrangements". Governors of grant-maintained schools will also receive copies of other relevant guidance such as the recently issued DES circular 11/90—"Staffing for Pupils with Special Educational Needs".