§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what comparisons his Department has made of the percentage of children consuming milk, under the school milk scheme, in maintanied secondary schools in educational priority areas and other areas; if he will list the schools involved in these comparisons; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what comparisons his Department has made of the proportion of children staying on at secondary schools beyond the age of 15 years in educational priority areas and other areas; if he will list the schools on which these comparisons were based; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerCircular 11/67 set out some of the criteria which I would204W regard as relevant in considering proposals from local education authorities for school building in districts suffering from the social and physical deficiencies which the Plowden Council had in mind when making their proposals about educational priority areas, but there has been no central designation of such areas. The collection of statistics, and the making of comparisons, on the lines suggested do not, therefore, arise at present.