Explanatory note

These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Education Support Grants Regulations 1990, as amended. In addition to minor and drafting amendments, the following changes of substance are made.

Applications relating to estimated approved expenditure for a period commencing on 1st January in any year from 1st January 1994 should be submitted on or before 5th March not 15th March as previously.

Grant is no longer payable to local education authorities in Wales in respect of periods of three months, but termly, as in England.

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 items 21 to 23 have been added.