§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what considerations led him to maintain national priority status for the training of educational psychologists in the 1991–92 grants for educational support and training programme.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthLocal education authorities employ educational psychologists to undertake a range of important functions including the fulfilment of their statutory obligations, under the Education Act 1981, relating to the assessment of, and provision of education for, children with special educational needs. The specific funding for local education authorities under the grants for educational support and training programme for the training of educational psychologists is designed to encourage and assist the maintenance of a national stock of suitably qualified people.