§ Mr. St. John-Stevasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many departments of religious education in colleges of education in England and Wales there were in 1971, 1974 and 1977; and what is the expected number of departments of religious education in 1981.
§ Mr. OakesThe figures give the number of colleges and polytechnic departments of education in England and Wales which offered non-graduate main courses of initial training in religious education in the two earlier academic years shown and plan to offer them in the two later years:
1971–l72 … … 128 1974–75 … … 128 1977–78 … … 82 1981–82 (provisional) … … 63