HC Deb 07 December 1976 vol 922 cc134-5W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the future of the education psychology service, on the basis of the Trethowan Report.

Miss Margaret Jackson

The Trethowan Report is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what discussions she has had with the local education authorities and with educational psychologists on the future based on the Trethowan Report.

Miss Margaret Jackson

None. The report is concerned with the rôle of psychologists in the health services.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what rôle she envisages the educational psychologists offering the community psychological service and not merely to children in their school setting.

Miss Margaret Jackson

I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a circular issued in March 1974 which gives advice on the pattern of child guidance services.