§ Mr. Tinnasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he places any restriction on the minimum size of schemes for the creation of sixth form colleges.
§ Mr. CroslandIn general, I prefer to see sixth form colleges of at least 400 students. But this is not a rigid rule and I consider all proposals individually on their merits. Among the relevant 201W factors are the nature of the courses which the college would provide, the arrangements for staffing it, the facilities already available in colleges of further education and the alternative ways of establishing comprehensive education open to the authority in the area concerned.
§ Mr. Tinnasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schemes he has already approved for the creation of sixth form colleges.
§ Mr. CroslandI have approved proposals from 11 local education authorities for 15 colleges.