§ 44. Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now ensure that special training in English is made available to all immigrant schoolchildren who are not fluent in English.
§ Mr. Denis HowellIt is the general practice of local education authorities which are faced with this problem to make special arrangements to teach English to immigrant children. Help in the way of advice on teaching material is being given by the Schools Council and the Department gives all the help it can—particularly by increasing teacher quotas when necessary and sponsoring courses for teachers.
§ 49. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will permit a more favourable quota of teaching staff in maintained schools for those local education authorities which have a substantial school population of immigrant children or first generation children of immigrant parents.
§ Mr. Denis HowellMore favourable quotas may already be claimed to meet the needs of immigrant children whose English is poor; for this purpose, immigrant children include children born in the United Kingdom whose parents have come here as immigrants less than 10 years ago.