Standard spending assessments for next year have been set at a level which will enable any well-managed local education authority to meet all its obligations under the Act.

The impact of the Act was one of the factors that the Government took into account in deciding to increase the education standard spending assessments for 1991–92 by 16 per cent. over this year's settlement. In addition, £270 million within the 1991–92 programme of grants for education support and training is targeted on getting the reforms successfully into place.