§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he plans to transfer responsibility for the Centre for Young Musicians to the Greater London authority. [73112]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI am considering with colleagues the future provision for the Centre for Young Musicians.
The Greater London Authority will be a strategic authority which will address London-wide issues and will, with the co-operation of the responsible statutory authorities, have the powers to co-ordinate and assist with the provision of specialist services which may need to be delivered on a London-wide basis. The Authority will have discretionary powers to pay grant to assist in the provision of such services.
We would expect the Centre for Young Musicians, which is a centre of excellence for the encouragement and training of young musicians, recruited from across the whole of London, to fall into the category of organisations which the GLA may choose to assist in this way.