§ Mr. FauldsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has reconsidered the proposals that schools should pay for museum education services in place of the previous arrangements whereby local education authorities funded such services.
§ Mr. ButcherCircular 7/88, issued on 6 September, makes it clear that local education authorities will be free to except from delegation the school-related costs of museum education services under schemes for local management of schools. Where authorities exercise this discretion, they will continue to fund the museum services directly. Where authorities choose to delegate the costs to schools, the schools themselves will decide whether they wish to continue to support the services.