§ Mr. Aitkenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children aged five in the Thanet area who should be starting school in the coming term will not now be able to do so as a result of recent cuts in public expenditure.
§ Miss Joan LestorI understand from the Kent Education Authority that all children in the Thanet area who will have reached the statutory school age of 5 years by the beginning of the term will then be admitted to school. I understand also that the Authority's policy with regard to the admission of "rising-fives" remains unchanged.