§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list all the local authorities who were asked to make bids for inclution in the pilot programme of mandatory grants for students aged 16 to 18 years, those who made bids and those who did not, and the criteria to be used in deciding which authorities will be designated.
§ Mr. OakesMy Department wrote to all local education authorities in England on 22 December 1978 inviting them to say whether they wished to be considered for inclusion in the pilot programme 1 listed the authorities which have expressed a wish to be considered in my answer to my hon. Friend, the Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 5 March—[Vol. 863, c. 411.] I indicated the criteria to be used in selecting authorities for the programme in my oral answer to my hon. Friends, the Members for Sheffield, Hillsborough (Mr. Flannery) and The Wrekin (Mr. Fowler) on 6 February.—[Vol. 962, c. 186.] Selection 611W within Wales is a matter for the Secretary of State for Wales.