Explanatory note

These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Education Support Grants Regulations 1984, as amended. In addition to minor and drafting amendments, the following changes of substance are made.

Grant is no longer payable to local education authorities in England in respect of periods of three months but in respect of the periods prescribed in regulation 6(3)(a).

Additional obligations are placed on local education authorities to provide the Secretary of State with information required to enable him to verify that any grant paid has been properly paid under the Regulations (regulation 9) and to comply with such other conditions and requirements as may be determined by the Secretary of State (regulations 8 and 10).

The purposes for or in connection with which grants are payable set out in the Schedule have been revised. A number of purposes have been deleted or amended and item 28 has been added.