§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what regulations her Department proposes to repeal by the end of 1996; if she proposes to conduct a compliance cost assessment on each regulation repealed; and what is the estimated cost of undertaking a compliance cost assessment to determine the advantages or disadvantages of each such a repeal. [3202]
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 11 November 1996]: It is proposed to revoke the Education (Transfer of Functions Relating to Grant-maintained Schools) Order 1996, SI 1996/2247, and to make a fresh order with technical amendments. No compliance cost is involved. The effect of the order is to transfer the function in relation to the consent to borrowing by grant-maintained schools in England from the Secretary of State to the Funding Agency for Schools.