§ Mr. McCartneyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what improvements he proposes in the facilities for disabled people who wish to under-
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§ Mr. BoothI have been asked to reply.
This Department compiles information about the numbers of employees in employment in educational services as a whole, that is, Minimum List Heading 872 of the Standard Industrial Classification. The following table provides a regional analysis, derived from the annual censuses of employment, for each June from 1971 to 1974 and provisional figures for June 1975, from the new quarterly employment series, for Great Britain as a whole. The figures for 1974 have been analysed according to the revised standard regions and hence figures for many regions are not comparable with those for earlier years.
take further education courses; and when they will be implemented.
§ Mr. William RossI have been asked to reply.
It is for the education authorities to decide how much of their resources should in the present situation of financial stringency be devoted to this purpose. A number of the recommendations of the McCann Committee are relevant. These have been brought to the attention of the authorities, which, I am confident, will implement them as quickly as limitations of resources permit. Further education facilities for young disabled people also fall within the remit of the Warnock Committee, and a survey of the field in Scotland is being carried out for the Committee by Her Majesty's Inspectorate.