HC Deb 04 July 1989 vol 156 c120W
20. Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has for the future of conductive education in this country.

Mr. Butcher

Conductive education in Hungary is closely linked to the Hungarian system of education. It is, therefore, important for the approach to be tried out in the context of our education system. For that reason we are funding the evaluation of the experimental conductive education project in Birmingham. In time we would like to see conductive education added to the range of options available to disabled children in this country.

65. Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he or officials from his Department last visited the conductive education centres in(a) Birmingham and (b) Budapest, Hungary.

Mr. Butcher

Members of Her Majesty's inspectorate, officials from the Department and the Department's senior medical adviser visited the Birmingham institute last November. A member of Her Majesty's inspectorate and an official from the Department will be visiting the institute in September. The Department's senior medical adviser visited the Peto institute in May 1988.