§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she is satisfied that adequate provision is being made by local authorities for the study of ballet; and if she will list the non-metropolitan counties in order of scholarships allocated per capita.
§ Mr. OakesThe provision made for pupils in maintained schools to study ballet, whether in the schools or elsewhere, is a matter for the local education authorities. Further education provision is a matter for individual colleges and their maintaining authorities; information about it is not collected by my Department. Both scholarships for pupils at independent ballet schools and awards for students of ballet at further education establishments are made entirely at the discretion of LEAs, and my Department does not collect information about the extent of such assistance.