HC Deb 05 August 1971 vol 822 cc1833-4
20. Mr. Lane

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans she has for further help to educational priority areas and for research into their problems.

Mrs. Thatcher

Further support will be given through the urban programme to the four local authorities' projects initiated under the original action research programme in educational priority areas. The Social Science Research Council has also offered a grant, of which my Department will pay half, for some additional research in this field by Dr. A. H. Halsey.

Mr. Lane

As special projects in these areas have already proved valuable, will my right hon. Friend continue to look kindly on the possibility of increasing their scope as widely and generously as possible?

Mrs. Thatcher

I agree that these projects have proved very valuable indeed, and when Dr. Halsey's work is finished on evaluating some of the particular activities under these projects, I would like to look further at the possibilities.

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