§ 42. Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on his policy towards selective secondary education.
§ Mr. DunnMy right hon. Friend is content with the existing legal framework which gives freedom to each local education authority to maintain its existing pattern of school organisation and, if it wishes, to propose changes in that pattern. Using this freedom some LEAs continue to maintain selective secondary schools. The freedom to submit statutory proposals to reintroduce grammar schools was restored by the Education Act 1979.