Speaking at a conference last week on school admissions, Debbie Jones, who is also corporate director for children and learning at Luton Borough Council, said the global financial crisis is likely to jeopardise services for parents.
She urged local authorities to consider streamlining services before funding is cut: "The challenge is to knit parent support services into other integrated services. There is a huge plethora of parenting services, we must make them all joined up."
Derek Emmings, director of the fair access division at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, said the credit crunch might also restrict the government's ability to provide local authorities with extra cash to implement the new School Admissions Code in 2009. "We will be discussing the issue with ministers, but the financial situation means I can't commit to funding," he said.
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