§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list(a) the schools which will be offering assisted places from September 1996, (b) the number of places which have been taken up and (c) the average spending per place in each Department of Environment region. [34492]
§ Mrs. GillanA list of the 355 schools in England which will be offering assisted places from September 1996 has been placed in the Library. Information on take-up and average cost of places for the academic year 1996–97 is not yet available. Preliminary indications are that take-up of places will remain high.