§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those authorities which have refused to submit plans for the elimination of selection in secondary education, those which have failed to submit plans and those which have submitted plans which fail to cover the whole of their area.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe following authorities have failed to submit plans for the total elimination of selection: Bexley, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Kingston, Redbridge, Sutton, Trafford. A full response is awaited from Bolton, Bury, Derbyshire, Stockport, Warwickshire and Wigan. None of these authorities has refused to submit a plan.
Authorities which have not yet submitted a response covering the whole of their areas are Cheshire, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Kent, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Suffolk and East Sussex. We are aware that in many cases local consultations are in hand with respect to the remaining areas or schools, including voluntary schools.