Newsom Repor (Hansard, 24 February 1964)

§ Mr. Merlyn Rees
asked the Minister of Education when, as recommended in the Newsom Report, he will set up an experimental school run in co-operation with a teachers' training college, with staff specially strengthened for the purpose, as a part of research in teaching, designed to help people whose abilities are artifically depressed by environmental and linguistic handicaps.

§ Sir E. Boyle
I am considering whether this is the best way of achieving

Project Amount of financial support Estimated completion date

£

(1) A study by the Institute of Education of London University of the relationship between language, social class and learning ability 32,000 1968

(2) A study by the Institute of Education and Department of Sociology of Liverpool University of the relationship between educational achievement and environmental factors 14,000 1967

(3) A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of the effects of ability streaming in primary schools, with reference to socio-economic variables, achievement and attitudes 58,000 1968

(4) A study by Durham University of the relationship between the behavioural, emotional and cognitive components of morality, with special reference to the influence of socio-economic factors on moral development 5,000 1965–66

(5) A study by Manchester University, commissioned at the request of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England), of attainment in primary schools in the Manchester area, related to school and socio-economic variables 2,500 1965

In addition, the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) has asked the Social Survey of the Central Office of Information to study the rela-
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the particular purpose and also the place of such a project in the general research and development work to be undertaken arising out of the decision on the raising of the school leaving age.

§ Mr. Merlyn Rees
asked the Minister of Education when he will set up, as recommended in the Newsom Report, an inter-departmental working party to deal with general social problems, including education in slum areas and, in particular, with the need for stability of staffing and the design and function of school buildings as part of the general community provision.

§ Sir E. Boyle
I am considering this recommendation in consultation with my right hon. Friends responsible for the other Departments concerned. There is general agreement on the need for closer inter-departmental co-operation; the precise form it should take is now being studied, and I hope to make an announcement shortly.

§ Mr. Merlyn Rees
asked the Minister of Education if he will list the research projects directly relevant to the Newsom Report and sponsored by the research fund of his Department, together with the estimated cost of each separate project and date of completion.

§ Sir E. Boyle
The list is as follows:
tionship between the home and the school, with special reference to socioeconomic factors.

Project	Amount of financial support	Estimated completion date
	£
(1) A study by the Institute of Education of London University of the relationship between language, social class and learning ability	32,000	1968
(2) A study by the Institute of Education and Department of Sociology of Liverpool University of the relationship between educational achievement and environmental factors	14,000	1967
(3) A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of the effects of ability streaming in primary schools, with reference to socio-economic variables, achievement and attitudes	58,000	1968
(4) A study by Durham University of the relationship between the behavioural, emotional and cognitive components of morality, with special reference to the influence of socio-economic factors on moral development	5,000	1965–66
(5) A study by Manchester University, commissioned at the request of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England), of attainment in primary schools in the Manchester area, related to school and socio-economic variables	2,500	1965