§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list for the three counties of Yorkshire the number of preparatory schools to be included in the assisted places scheme in 1989–90 and the amount of fee remission grant to be allocated to them.
§ Mrs. RumboldPreparatory schools are not eligible for admission to the assisted places scheme in their own right. However, in certain cases where a clear link with a participating independent secondary school is demonstrated, it may offer assisted places between the ages of 11 and 13 under the terms of the main school's participation agreement. St. Olave's preparatory school, York offers places which are subsequently tenable at St. Peters school, York under such an arrangement. It is not possible to identify separately the amount of fee remission paid annually to pupils at St. Olave's.