§ 3. Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Education what advice he has given to local education authorities about the granting of part-time day release to their employees.
§ Sir E. BoyleNone, Sir. The record of local government in this sphere compares favourably with that of other occupations.
§ Mr. AlbuDoes the hon. Gentleman realise that there are local education authorities which do not give part-time release to laboratory technicians who wish to take technical qualifications, and does he not think this very undesirable?
§ Sir E. BoyleI will certainly look into that. In local government as a whole, 52 per cent. of boys and 48 per cent. of girls under 18 were given day release in 1957–58, which is not too bad a percentage.