§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State For Education and Science if he is now in a position to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 22 February about the local management of schools in Wirral.
§ Mrs. RumboldNo. In my reply of 19 March to the hon. Member's letter of 22 February I promised to write again when the statutory approval of Wirral local education authority's scheme for the local management of schools had been completed; at present, we are in consultation with the authority over proposed modifications to its scheme submission.