§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Minister of Education what arrangement his Department made with the Industrial Fund for the Advancement of Science Education in Schools with regard to the provision of buildings and equipment for science departments in schools.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThere has been no arrangement. The Industrial Fund for the Advancement of Science Education in Schools directed its attention to the independent and direct grant schools because responsibility for the maintained schools rests with the local education authorities and with my Department. The capital cost of new science laboratories being provided each year at maintained schools is now about £2 million.