§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence she has that local authorities are making provision for in-service training of 49W teachers on the scale she envisaged, and for the employment of sufficient replacement teachers to enable the programme to be carried out.
§ Mr. OakesMy right hon. Friend has made clear to the local authorities collectively the great priority which the Government attach to an expansion of in-service training, but she has no present evidence of the extent to which this will be reflected in the provision made by individual authorities in the school year 1977–78.