HC Deb 05 March 2004 vol 418 cc1217-8W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to whom responsibility for the on-costs falls when a child has a statement and the child has quantified support of a given number of hours from a learning support assistant. [157359]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

Local education authorities are under a statutory duty, by virtue of section 324(5)(a) of the Education Act 1996, to arrange the special educational provision specified in statements they maintain for children, unless a child's parent has made suitable arrangements.