§ 16. Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment he has made of the shortage, in those schools which have been helped by the Government to purchase microcomputers at about £1,500, of computer programmes and textbooks on computing, due to financial constraints.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe microelectronics in education programme for England, Wales and Northern Ireland does not assist individual schools to buy microcomputers, but it will assist the development and dissemination of software, including computer programmes.