§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will clarify paragraph 17 of his draft circular of 21 December 1990, on the application of local management of schools procedures to special schools in272W Wales, by specifying the precise advantages he believes special schools in Wales can obtain from delegated management.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsI have been asked to reply. We propose to extend the openness and fairness of formula funding to all special schools and to give the opportunity to manage its own budget to every special school that wants to do so and can show that it is able to do so.