§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information is available to her Department about the numbers of primary schoolchildren who come from broken homes; and if this factor is taken into account in determining amounts of urban aid.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThis information is not collected centrally but where details are provided by a local authority in support of educational proposals put forward under the urban programme they are taken into account by my right hon. Friend along with other available evidence of the level of deprivation in the area concerned.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list her responsibilities for dealing with family problems which have an adverse effect on the education of primary schoolchildren.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThis falls primarily within the sphere of responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services and of social services departments of local authorities who maintain close contact with local education authorities.