1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Support Grants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st December 1988.

2. For regulation 4 of the Education Support Grants Regulations 1984(2) ("the principal regulations") there shall be substituted the following regulation-

"4.-(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), grants in respect of approved expenditure shall be payable at the rate of 70 per cent. of such expenditure.

(2) Grants in respect of approved expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1988 in respect of item 4(a) of the Schedule hereto shall be payable at the rate of 50 per cent. of such expenditure.

(3) Grants in respect of approved expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1989 in respect of items 2, 3 and (as respects England) 14 of the Schedule hereto shall be payable at the rate of 50 per cent. of such expenditure.

(4) Grants in respect of approved expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1989 in respect of item 20 of the Schedule hereto on the provision of computer hardware or the provision of staff in posts created on or after that date shall be payable at the rate of 50 per cent. of that expenditure.

(5) In this regulation "approved expenditure" means any expenditure which is approved as provided in regulation 3.".

3. For the Schedule to the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following Schedule-

Regulation 2(1)

"SCHEDULEPURPOSES FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH GRANTS ARE PAYABLE

1. The management and appraisal of lecturers and school teachers.

2. The teaching of mathematics in schools.

3. The teaching of science and technology as part of primary education.

4. A pilot project devised with one of the following objectives:

(a)to provide records of achievement for pupils in secondary schools or students at further education establishments;

(b)to improve the quality of education provided in primary schools in urban areas;

(c)to improve the quality or the range of the curriculum provided in primary schools in rural areas;

(d)to meet the educational needs of persons from ethnic minorities, to promote harmony between different racial groups or in other ways to prepare persons for life in a multi-ethnic society;

(e)to improve the use of the spoken word by pupils of compulsory school age;

(f)to promote social responsibility in children;

(g)to broaden the range of languages learnt by pupils in secondary schools as their first foreign language.

5. The provision of re-training and up-dating courses directed towards the needs of industry and commerce.

6. The development of the use of information technology at further education establishments, by providing equipment, preparing or providing course material and computer software, or training teachers employed at such establishments.

7. The planning, development and co-ordination of provision to meet the educational needs (including the need for guidance) of persons who are unemployed (excluding those currently receiving full-time education).

8. The provision of data-processing equipment, and accessories and software for such equipment, for use in the management of further education establishments and the training of staff in the use of such equipment.

9. Developing the knowledge and appreciation, among pupils in schools in Wales, of the heritage, culture and language of Wales.

10. The development, provision and appraisal of courses of training for school governors.

11. The provision of support for parents in the teaching of children under the age of five with special educational needs.

12. The provision of computerised learning aids and associated software at further education establishments for use by students with special educational needs.

13. The employment of staff to strengthen links between further education establishments and employers in order to improve the quality and relevance of courses provided by such establishments.

14. Combating, through education, the misuse of drugs.

15. Securing the supervision of pupils in schools at midday.

16. The provision to schools and further education establishments of books and equipment for use on courses leading to an examination for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.

17. The organisation in urban areas of leisure-time activities of vocational benefit to young persons mainly between the ages of 14 and 21.

18. The development and support of methods of learning which do not require regular attendance at educational establishments, including activities connected with the Open College.

19. The provision of computer-aided engineering equipment for engineering courses in further education establishments.

20. The development of the use of information technology in primary and secondary schools through the provision of staff and computer hardware.

21. The preparation and implementation of schemes for financing county and voluntary schools made under section 33 of the Education Reform Act 1988(3).

22. The preparation and implementation of schemes for financing locally funded further and higher education made under section 139 of the Education Reform Act 1988.

23. The development and appraisal of courses of training for governors of further education establishments.

24. The development and improvement of the inspection and advisory services provided by education authorities with a view to-

(a)monitoring the quality of education provided by the authority in schools, and

(b)providing advice in relation to the national curriculum (as defined in section 2 of the Education Reform Act 1988) and the delegation of financial management pursuant to schemes made under section 33 of that Act.

25. The teaching in schools of the subject of technology and of the core subjects (as defined in Section 3 of the Education Reform Act 1988).

26. The training of teachers in schools to improve pupils' use and understanding of the English language, with particular reference to the recommendations of the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of English Language appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science under the chairmanship of Sir John Kingman, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in March 1988(4).

27. The training of teachers in Wales to teach Welsh as part of the national curriculum (as defined in item 24(b) above).

(i)28. The provision in urban areas of England of training to enable young people to qualify as youth workers, being training designed primarily for those between the ages of 18 and 25.

(ii)The provision of corresponding training in Wales within the Boroughs of Dinefwr, Llanelli, Blaenau Gwent, Islwyn, Torfaen, Cynon Valley, Merthyr Tydfil, Ogwr, Rhymney Valley, Taff Ely, Brecknock, Lliw Valley, Neath and Port Talbot and the City of Swansea.

29. The provision of open learning centres to provide tuition for adults in literacy and numeracy.

30. The improvement of educational guidance services for adults including the development of computer databases of local learning opportunities.

31. The provision of training for teachers and pupils in Wales in matters relating to health education.".

4. The Education Support Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1988(5) are hereby revoked.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education Support Grants Regulations 1984 by substituting a new regulation 4 (rate of grant) and a new Schedule listing the purposes for or in connection with which grants are payable.

The provisions of the new regulation 4 reduce to 50 per cent., the rate of grant payable on approved expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1989 on items 2, 3 and (as respects England) 14 of the new Schedule (teaching mathematics in schools, teaching science and technology as part of primary education and combating the misuse of drugs respectively). It also reduces to 50 per cent. the rate of grant payable in the case of certain expenditure incurred on or after 1st April 1989 in respect of item 20 of the Schedule (developing the use of information technology in primary and secondary schools).

The changes in the Schedule involve the addition of a reference to "lecturers" in item 1 and to the training of staff in item 8, the deletion of "initial" in item 10 (courses of training for school governors (formerly item 11)), the omission of what was item 8 (the planning development and co-ordination of the provision of educational guidance for adult persons) and the addition of eleven new items as items 21 to 31.

The Regulations also revoke the Education Support Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1988 which are superseded by these Regulations.