§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in the light of the fact that her Department's advisory memorandum of June 1974 advised schools to ensure that a general familiarity with the imperial system be maintained, whether schools have since been advised to the contrary; if not, why most of the junior schools in Great Britain are teaching in metric terms only; and if she will take steps to ensure that all schools throughout Great Britain include a full and proper grounding of the imperial system for all students.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe advice given in my Department's administrative memorandum 9/74 still stands. The consultations to be held on the forthcoming report on local authority arrangements for the curriculum will afford an opportunity to consider further the adequacy of existing policy guidance.