§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amoryasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the results of his Department's follow-up survey of the shared and extended use of schools are now available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe first results of the 1983 follow-up to the 1978–79 survey of shared and extended use in England have now become available and suggest that levels of use have been maintained or improved. They show that 79 per cent. of all schools were regularly used outside school hours in term-time and 23 per cent. during the summer holidays in 1983, as compared with 71 and 21 per cent., respectively, in 1978–79. There has been a marked increase in the regular use of primary schools during term-time from 65 per cent. in 1978–79 to 75 per cent. in 1983. Sports users continue to be the group most likely to make regular use of both primary and secondary school premises. The full results of the survey will be published in the form of a statistical bulletin later this year.